After Romania, Bulgaria is now also receiving mine defence boats. Three Dutch and four Belgian vessels will be handed over to the Bulgarian Navy together with a simulator and spare parts. The tripartite-class boats (605 tonnes) were designed and built in a joint development by Belgium, France and the Netherlands and are to be delivered to the south-east European country by 2028.
The Brazilian naval training ship "Navio Escola BRASIL" (U 27) visits Hamburg and invites you to an open ship on Friday afternoon. With a record-breaking 29 ship visits, the training ship pays tribute to the Port of Hamburg. On Wednesday, 8 October 2025 at 09:00, the ship will then moor at the Überseebrücke. On board the Brazilian training ship...
The second stage of watch officer training focuses on deployment in a complex environment. After all, a wrong decision in combat has serious consequences for the ship and crew. "FLASH! Missile release on starboard side, time on top in two minutes to minute zero-nine, threat side becomes starboard side!" Without having to think, speak...
Years of training, numerous sea voyages and constantly overcoming new challenges form the basis for admission to the commander's examination. And then it gets serious. The crew prepares to dock in the city harbour of Karlskrona, mooring side becomes starboard side, starboard side becomes mooring side. The corvette goes alongside the pier. For the crew of the corvette Magdeburg...
The Russian diesel-electric submarine "Novorossiysk" (Project 636.3, Improved Kilo) has been making contradictory headlines since last weekend. While opposition Telegram channels from Russia are reporting a serious technical defect on board, including a fuel leak with a risk of explosion and a lack of spare parts, NATO observations on the European Atlantic coast have so far painted a different picture.
A wide range of tasks and great responsibility await the young officers of the watch on board a corvette. But with growing experience, the challenges can be mastered. "Aaaa the DO goes on". "Corporal Krüger, report me as the current helmsman on course 195°, both ahead 18, normal sailing programme, rudder hand." "WO understood." The corvette Magdeburg is...
Countless German cargo ships were abroad at the beginning of the Second World War, denied a way back home. In Indonesia, the crew of the Sophie Rickmers waited for better times. After the occupation of the Netherlands by the German Wehrmacht in 1940, numerous German merchant ships were taken off the Dutch...
The good old clothing store is history. Service and modern central logistics are the order of the day "Fits!" - This is how former and active soldiers know the tone of voice when the "clothing store cops" put a helmet on recruits at the beginning of basic training. Unfitting clothes were tailored, oversizes were delivered later. There was a lot of joking, but it worked. The clothing stores...
Congress in Washington expects the Pentagon to review the "Unified Combatant Command Plan" every two years. Four years ago, the US Department of Defence separated the country of Israel from the US European Command Area of Responsibility (USEUCOM, Stuttgart) and transferred the territory to the US Central Command (USCENTCOM, Florida), which is responsible for military operations in...
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