Naval Operations School Bremerhaven under new command
Naval Operations School Bremerhaven under new command
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Flotilla admiral personnel carousel
Four officers with the rank of flotilla admiral are changing posts this month. Christian Bock, Commander of Operational Flotilla 1 and Director of the NATO Centre of Excellence for Operations in Confined and Shallow Waters in Kiel, is leaving his post to take up the post of Director of Training at the Bundeswehr Command and Staff College in Hamburg. Bock is also Chairman of the German Maritime Institute, which publishes the magazine marineforum and is behind the online presence of the same name. Flotilla Admiral Henning Faltin, Head of Operations at the Rostock Naval Command, will take over from Bock. The commander of the Mürwik Naval School, Flotilla Admiral Wilhelm Tobias Abry, takes over this position. And...
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Training at MUS: committed and practice-orientated
Anyone who has ever been on duty at the watch of a floating unit or a naval shore station will be familiar with them: large boards with lots of photos of all kinds of people hanging on them. If one of them comes across the Stelling, please leave everything behind and inform the watch commander. He would then be at the scene of the incident like lightning to blow the whistle and dutifully report it. Well, while the commander is known and, in the best case, appreciated, the commanders still to be found on these boards are rarely seen. After all...
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First stop: Rota
On its way to the Far East, the frigate Bayern has made a stop in the Spanish harbour of Rota. There, just a few nautical miles off the Strait of Gibraltar, Commander Tilo Kalski and his crew were welcomed by soldiers from the EU Naval Force (EU Navfor). During the voyage, the German frigate will also take part in Operation Atalanta for some time. On 2 August, the Bayern left its home port of Wilhelmshaven under the watchful eye of Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer. Over the coming months, the ship, which was commissioned in 1996, will be travelling through the Mediterranean, the Suez Canal and the Indian Ocean....
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Frigate Bayern heads for the Indo-Pacific
On Monday, 2 August, the frigate Bayern set sail in the presence of the Federal Minister of Defence, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, to move to waters last sailed by the German Navy 19 years ago. The itinerary was published just in time for the departure. It is a big programme. The voyage will take the Bavarians to three continents, 16 countries and 17 harbours. The programme includes exercises with partner navies, temporary participation in the Sea Guardian operations in the Mediterranean and Atalanta in the Horn of Africa, involvement in the UN sanctions regime against North Korea and various port visits in Singapore, Australia and Japan. With the offer...
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