United States Marine Corps celebrated its 246th birthday at the beginning of November. After 77 years, the "Last Man's Bottle" cognac bottle from the Battle of Guadalcanal was opened. Guadalcanal is considered the longest battle in US military history and a turning point in the Second World War.
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This year's Admiral Kriebel Prize goes to Lieutenant Captain Julia Sälzer as the best technical officer in the Naval Aviation Command. She is currently deployed as a technical operations officer in the technical group staff at the naval air base in Nordholz.
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On 18 December 2021, the civilian-crewed fuel tanker "Spessart" under the command of Captain Rolf-Heinrich von Beber will return to Kiel from Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 in the Aegean after 194 days and almost 18,000 miles at sea.
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On Friday, 17 December 2021, the new Federal Minister of Defence, Christine Lambrecht, will visit the 1st Corvette Squadron in Warnemünde during the morning. During her visit to the troops, she will welcome the tender "Elbe", which is returning from a NATO mission after almost six months.
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7 October 2021 marked the 450th anniversary of the naval battle of Lepanto. Long glorified as a victory of the Occident over the Orient, it was a naval battle between the Christian Mediterranean powers and the Ottoman Empire, which was triggered by the conquest of Cyprus and the execution of the last Venetian garrison commander by the Turks. At the urging of Pope Pius V, the Holy League under its commander-in-chief Don Juan de Austria then assembled a fleet totalling 212 ships with 65,000 men, which was opposed by 251 ships and 77,000 men on the Ottoman side under the supreme command of Ali Pasha. When in the morning...
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