Category: Armed Forces

VJTF and SNMG1: The "Hessians" are also back in action!

VJTF and SNMG1: The "Hessians" are also back in action!

Gepostet von | 20 Jul 2023 | , , | 5

From a press release by Rostock Naval Command On Monday, 24 July 2023 at 10 a.m., the F124 class frigate "Hessen" will depart for the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF). During her six-month deployment, the ship will be travelling in the North Sea, Baltic Sea and North Atlantic. In addition, as the flagship and command platform of Standing NATO Maritime Group 1, she will take over as head of the organisation for the group commander, Flotilla Admiral Thorsten Marx (55). The "Hessen" only returned from a deployment as part of the aircraft carrier battle group around the new US carrier "Gerald R. Ford" in mid-November. The VJTF, known as the NATO spearhead, is part of the...

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FüAkBw: Awarding of the MOV Admiral Wellershoff Prize

FüAkBw: Awarding of the MOV Admiral Wellershoff Prize

Gepostet von | 17 Jul 2023 | , , | 0

General Staff/Admiral Staff Service Course 2021 (LGAN 2021 / 63rd ASTO) The Chairman of the MOV and Deputy Chairman of the DMI, Rear Admiral (ret.) Thorsten Kähler, presented the award on 11 July 2023 at the Flag Academy. On 11 July 2023 in the Flag Hall of the Bundeswehr Command and Staff College together with the Regional Representative Hamburg and Head of the Naval Faculty, Captain Nils Brandt, the best national course participant of the Navy in the LGAN 2021, Corvette Captain Martin Hendrik Hoppe, was awarded the "Admiral Wellershoff Prize". The ceremony took place in midsummer temperatures in the presence of the course director of the LGAN 2021, Colonel Steinhoff, the participants of the Navy learning group, the responsible tutors and the lecturers of the Faculty of Naval Science. Corvette Captain Hoppe has...

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"Frankfurt am Main" deployed to the Aegean Sea

"Frankfurt am Main" deployed to the Aegean Sea

Gepostet von | 14 Jul 2023 | , , , | 0

From a press release by the naval command in Rostock: On Wednesday, 19 July, 13:30, the task force provider (EGV) "Frankfurt am Main" under the command of frigate captain Hanno Weisensee (47) will leave its home port of Wilhelmshaven and head for the north-eastern Mediterranean. In the Aegean, the crew and the ship can expect to work closely with the Turkish and Greek coastguards and the European Coastguard and Border Agency (FRONTEX) as part of the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG 2). "The 'NATO Support ÄGÄIS' mission is of great importance to us. After an extensive repair phase and the gradual operational training of the crew, we are satisfied that the...

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"Mecklenburg-Vorpommern" withdraws from NATO VJTF

"Mecklenburg-Vorpommern" withdraws from NATO VJTF

Gepostet von | 13 Jul 2023 | , , , | 0

From a press release by Rostock Naval Command: On 16 July at 10 a.m., the frigate "Mecklenburg-Vorpommern" will return from the Very High Readiness Taskforce (VJTF) to its home port of Wilhelmshaven. During her six-month deployment, the ship was involved in multinational exercises in the North Sea and Arctic, together with the carrier group of the American aircraft carrier "USS Gerald Ford". In addition, she acted as the flagship and command platform for the unit commander, Flotilla Admiral Thorsten Marx (55) and the 20-strong staff of Task Group 441.01 of the VJTF (M). "It was a long, demanding mission with a consistently high 'beat rate' and at the same time a...

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Fleet service boats class 424

Fleet service boats class 424

Gepostet von | 11 Jul 2023 | , , , , | 1

The ten armaments projects approved by the Budget and Defence Committee of the German Bundestag on 6 July include three fleet service boats, including a training and reference facility. On 10 July 2023, the amendment contract was then signed between the President of the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw), Annette Lehnigk-Emden, and Tim Wagner, CEO of the NVL Group, which is acting as the contractor. Planning history Back in June 2021, the contract for the procurement of three Class 424 fleet service boats with a reconnaissance training and reference system was signed between the BAAINBw and NVL B.V. & Co. KG, at that time still...

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