"Good Bye" Kiel Week
It's "nice at the navy" is an old saying when the weather is good, the sun is setting red and everyone is feeling good all round. The fact that you often have to mention this is probably because it's not always nice.
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Before the world's largest manoeuvre
Yesterday, the frigate "Baden-Württemberg" and the task force supply ship "Frankfurt am Main" arrived in Pearl Harbour in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Thales system test centre for F 126
In what it describes as a significant step for maritime defence, the French technology group Thales, the German Navy and the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) have celebrated the opening of the expanded Thales system test centre in Hengelo, the Netherlands. This facility marks a decisive step forward in the ongoing F 126 project. Access marineforum digital+ Are you already a registered user? Log in here now - also MOV members: Username Password Remember meLost your password? Don't have access yet? Click here for the marineforum digital+ subscription: Access to all articles from the marineforum magazine Easy payment...
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Traditionssegler bei der Kieler Woche
Marineeinheiten aus aller Welt, Sportboote, Kreuzfahrtschiffe, Regatten, Prominenz aus Sport, Politik und Gesellschaft: aber was wäre die Kieler Woche ohne Traditionssegler? Es sind die wahren Helden der Sportseeschifffahrt: Eigner, Skipper, Bootsleute und Vereine, die die alten Schiffe am Leben halten – und nicht nur Schwimmen ist damit gemeint – sondern sie der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich machen und dadurch etwas Geschichte in die Gegenwart holen. Es sind die alten Traditionen und handwerklichen Fertigkeiten, die Leidenschaft und die Erzählungen hinter alten Schotten, Hellegatts und Bilgen, die das historische Kulturgut so faszinierend macht. Allen Widrigkeiten zum Trotz, die Schiffe in Bewegung zu halten,...
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Kiel Week: Inspector Navy honoured with "Order of the French Legion of Honour"
Vice Admiral Jan Christian Kaack receives France's highest honour, the "Officier de la Légion d'Honneur" Yesterday evening on the sail training ship "Gortch Fock": the Chief of Staff of the French Navy, Admiral Nicolas Vaujour, awarded his German comrade the impressive decoration. The decision as to who is awarded the Legion of Honour is made by the current French President. Manuel Macron is the current Grand Master (Grand Maître) of the Legion of Honour. Kaack's achievements in the German Navy and as Inspector of the German Navy and his commitment to Franco-German cooperation were honoured. The highest-ranking decoration in France was awarded on 19 May 1802 by Napoléon Bonaparte, then still First...
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