Category: Security policy

3rd mine detection squadron under new command

3rd mine detection squadron under new command

Gepostet von | 21 Sep 2022 | , , , | 0

On Thursday, 22 September 2022, the commander of Operational Flotilla 1, Flotilla Admiral Henning Faltin (50), will hand over command of the 3rd Minesweeper Squadron from Frigate Captain Terje Schmitt-Eliassen (47) to Frigate Captain Carsten Schlüter (46) at 3 p.m. at Kiel Naval Base. For Frigate Captain Schmitt-Eliassen, this marks the end of a period in command that was characterised above all by the coronavirus pandemic. "The men and women of the 3rd Minesweeping Squadron have shown a very high level of operational readiness over the past two years. They have consistently carried out deployments and similar obligations, completed international and their own manoeuvres with an impressive number of units and provided administrative assistance - an outstanding achievement on my part.

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Together again at last

Together again at last

Gepostet von | 21 Sep 2022 | , , , | 0

Swearing in of junior officers at Mürwik Naval Academy On Friday, 23 September at 10 a.m., Crew 2022 will be sworn in at Mürwik Naval Academy (MSM) in front of relatives and visitors as well as high-ranking guests from politics, society and the Bundeswehr. There have been several rounds in recent years due to the pandemic. The late date in September is due to the two different entry dates on 1 July and 1 August 2022. All 261 officer candidates will now be sworn in together on 23 September. The President of the Schleswig-Holstein State Parliament, Kristina Herbst, will address the young soldiers. The military ceremony will be accompanied by the...

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On our own behalf: Publisher marineform honoured

On our own behalf: Publisher marineform honoured

Gepostet von | 21 Sep 2022 | , , , | 0

Peter Tamm receives the Bundeswehr Cross of Honour The Federal Minister of Defence Christine Lambrecht awards Peter Tamm the Bundeswehr Cross of Honour for his commitment to the Bundeswehr base in Hamburg. The award ceremony took place on 17 September 2022 on board the frigate BAYERN. On the occasion of the reception for the 833rd Hamburg Harbour Birthday on board the frigate BAYERN, Captain Michael Giss, Commander of the Hamburg State Command, presented Peter Tamm with the Bundeswehr Cross of Honour in bronze on behalf of the Federal Minister of Defence Christine Lambrecht. The publisher, Chairman of the Board and Managing Director of the Hamburg International Maritime Museum Foundation has long been committed to the defence of the German Armed Forces at various levels with extraordinary dedication.

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Gorch Fock: the long way back

Gorch Fock: the long way back

Gepostet von | 16 Sep 2022 | , , , , , | 5

Gorch Fock 38th training voyage 1971 Lisbon-Kiel Even half a century ago, photographs were taken of the training voyages of the "Gorch Fock" - albeit in a decidedly "analogue" style. Colourful slides were the standard, and Super 8 films were also shot. Black and white, however, was affordable and allowed all the graphic design possibilities of the "thousand grey values". As I had already worked almost professionally with black and white photography during my school days, I stuck with this genre when I decided to enlist in the then German Navy for four years. Unfortunately, as a professional soldier, I gradually lost the time for photography as my service became more and more serious.

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Hamburg: The world's leading maritime trade fair is back

Hamburg: The world's leading maritime trade fair is back

Gepostet von | 14 Sep 2022 | , , , , | 0

After a four-year break due to the coronavirus pandemic, the global shipbuilding industry met again for the 30th SMM (Shipbuilding, machinery & marine technology international trade fair), the world's leading maritime trade fair, in Hamburg (6 to 9 September 2022). The SMM was held under the motto "Driving the maritime transition". The focus was therefore on the maritime energy transition, digital transformation and climate change. Among the approximately 2,000 exhibitors from 100 countries, around 800 companies from Germany alone and around 30,000 visitors were represented at SMM. The patron of the trade fair was Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who emphasised the growing importance of the maritime industry in his video-transmitted opening...

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