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Change of command on the frigate "Sachsen"

From a press release by Rostock Naval Command: On Friday, 8 July 2022 at 9 a.m., the commander of the 2nd Frigate Squadron, Kapitän zur See Torben Jürgensen (46), will hand over command of the frigate "Sachsen" from Frigate Captain Phillipp Vögtle (43) to his successor Frigate Captain Thomas Liebert (44). Frigate Captain Vögtle took command of the "Sachsen" in October 2019 and has since experienced a lot with the F124 class ship and its crew. "My time on the frigate 'Sachsen' showed me once again how important it is that people take centre stage, even in turbulent material or political times....

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Somewhere on this earth - there is always marine!

Are you looking for a place on Google Maps where you've probably never been with your cursor? Enter "Puerto Nariño". It's the southernmost tip of Colombia, 80 kilometres of Amazon riverbank in the Amacayacu National Park, sparsely populated and inaccessible in the middle of the jungle. Here at the border triangle of Brazil, Colombia and Peru, a thousand kilometres from the Pacific coast, it is the job of the Colombian navy to ensure law and order - and supply the bare essentials. Ambulance for the jungle So it fell to the navy to deliver an ambulance donated by the Colombian government's transport department to its destination.

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One of us - Bundeswehr and reservist running team supports bereaved families

The Bundeswehr and Reservists running team is collecting over 4,500 euros in donations for the soldier of the Special Forces Command who died in a rockfall in the Tyrolean Kaiser Mountains at the beginning of June. On 9 June 2022, a soldier from the Special Forces Command tragically died in a rockfall during mountain training in Tyrol. This incident was followed with great horror and sympathy. The Bundeswehr and Reservists running team immediately decided to support the bereaved and called for a charity run. On Sunday, 26 June 2022, this charity run, which could be run, cycled or swum, ended. Out of respect for the deceased, the Bundeswehr running team and...

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RIMPAC 2022: SeaGuardian drone with ELINT and COMINT capabilities deployed for the first time

The US manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI), is continuously expanding the range of applications for its drones. As the company writes in a press release, it has successfully conducted a series of flight tests with sensors for electronic intelligence (ELINT), communications intelligence (COMINT) and Link-16 payload in California in preparation for the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022 exercise. According to the announcement, the sensors were integrated by GA-ASI into the MQ-9B SeaGuardian unmanned aerial vehicle, which is to be deployed on RIMPAC 22. Until now, the company's drones were primarily designed for operations over land. Recently, GA-ASI has also been working on possible applications...

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"You can rely on me!"

150 years of Flensburger Schiffbaugesellschaft: birthday on the fjord The times that lie behind FSG were often characterised by pessimism. The last few years were characterised by a mood of crisis and the traditional shipyard was on the brink of collapse on several occasions. However, the old shipyard on the fjord draws on the strength of the location, a wealth of strong staff loyalty, embedding in the society of the fjord town, opposite the Mürwik naval school, within sight of an ancient harbour. And there is that unshakeable North German mentality that bad weather should be met with appropriate clothing and that complaining is not an option. And now the...

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