The development of high-energy laser weapons has made enormous progress in recent years. The final step still lacks, above all, the consistent will to introduce them. The increasing complexity of modern conflict scenarios, combined with new technologies, has resulted in a large number of new weapon systems in recent years. In particular...
The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating the shift in the geopolitical balance of power. Russia is capitalising on the situation in Ukraine, Syria and Libya. Turkey is countering this in these countries and feeding the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict by equipping the armed forces of Azerbaijan with masses of armed UAVs. In the midst of the pandemic, China is expanding its security policy positioning in Asia and...
Capability gaps must be closed soon The naval aviators are currently in a comprehensive renewal and modernisation phase of their airborne naval warfare assets. In doing so, they are maintaining and strengthening the navy's indispensable ability to conduct naval warfare from the air. This applies in particular to the renewal of the helicopter fleet. But with the planned decommissioning of its eight maritime patrol aircraft...
To this day, a memorial stone on the railings of the MUS commemorates Fridolin. Who is behind it? There is no doubt that service in the armed forces in general and the assumption of responsibility as a superior officer in particular must be characterised by seriousness. Nevertheless, the navy in particular has always been able to perform its service with professionalism and...
Now, after the presidential election in the USA and before the German parliamentary elections, there are more and more voices calling for a new direction for the Bundeswehr in view of recognised deficits. This has happened more than once over the past three decades. Much has been discussed about the mission and tasks of the Bundeswehr and...
From the arrival of the first soldiers in 1938 to the opening of the Naval NCO School in 1960, Plön and the Ruhleben barracks experienced an eventful history. Excerpts from life between "capital", boarding school and site of the German Navy. Christian Senne Last year, the Naval NCO School was able to look back on its sixtieth anniversary at the Plön site. Since the...
The Naval Re-employment Centre (ZWE Mar) at the Neustadt in Holstein site is a sub-unit of the Naval NCO School. Its mission is to ensure the reintegration of former servicewomen and men - including those from other branches of the armed forces - into the navy. Due to changed framework conditions such as the abolition of age restrictions for re-entry into the Bundeswehr, the...
What are the personal advantages of a challenging apprenticeship? There is an extraordinary amount of material to learn and activities to practise. Why should you have to get used to military behaviour if it is no longer required after transferring to the main unit? Why should you build your bunk every morning and tidy up the parlour...?
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