Category: Armed Forces

Compass for the future

Compass for the future

Gepostet von | 2 Feb 2022 | , , | 0

A good team can prevent many future accidents by intensively dealing with mistakes. Crew resource management therefore plays an important role in the training of prospective submarine commanders. People are not infallible. Looking at accidents ex post still leads to frowns and the realisation that something like this should never have happened. However, we know that 75 to 90 per cent of errors are human in nature, which is why qualitative error management gives us the opportunity to break out of the classic "error phobia" and replace fear, shame and the fear of punishment with an objective and open approach. During the training for...

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Fast, faster, naval arsenal

Fast, faster, naval arsenal

Gepostet von | 18 Jan 2022 | , , | 0

It was often criticised that the corvettes in Warnemünde should have a higher availability. The navy, procurement office and naval arsenal were able to remedy this with an innovative pilot project. In 2020, the pilot project "Immediate Operational Readiness Programme - Immediate Repair Order Navy" was launched on behalf of the Inspector General of the German Armed Forces. The aim was to increase the operational readiness of the corvettes at the Warnemünde base and on deployment. At the same time, a noticeable reduction in the workload of the Naval Arsenal (MArs) was to be achieved in order to be able to better concentrate its own resources on repairs in the workshops. For example, the naval arsenal had to be geographically...

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Ice cold training

Ice cold training

Gepostet von | 16 Jan 2022 | , , , | 0

At the invitation of the Norwegian Navy, ships from Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Canada, Portugal and Germany exercised together with units from the Nordic partner between Bodø and Tromsø in the second half of November. The Flotex Silver 21 manoeuvre brought together frigates, corvettes, minesweepers and supply vessels, as well as submarines, maritime patrol aircraft, fighter aircraft, helicopters and the Norwegian coastal hunters, an infantry unit, in the already freezing cold north of Europe. 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...

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15 years of MARSOC: Special forces of the US Marine Corps

15 years of MARSOC: Special forces of the US Marine Corps

Gepostet von | 13 Jan 2022 | , , | 0

Each branch of the US military has its own special forces command, including the US Marine Corps (USMC). The Marine Special Operations Command (Marsoc) is smaller than the comparable commands of the other branches of the armed forces. With around 3,200 members, Marsoc accounts for only five per cent of the special forces personnel in the US armed forces. The budget is even more modest; only two per cent of the money that the Pentagon spends on Special Operations Forces (SOF) goes to Marsoc. Nevertheless, the Marine Corps conducts ten per cent of SOF missions. Command teams are constantly active on three continents, sometimes also in Europe. Marsoc was only set up 15 years ago. The official...

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Frigate Myanmar: An unknown quantity

Frigate Myanmar: An unknown quantity

Gepostet von | 27 Dec 2021 | , , | 0

The navy of the Republic of Myanmar, which is geographically located between India, Bangladesh, Thailand and the People's Republic of China, has been undergoing an extensive fleet renewal programme for several years, which has so far gone almost unnoticed by the Western media. The fleet of the Myanmar Navy is made up of a colourful mix of different units from the USA, Denmark, the former Yugoslavia, India and the People's Republic of China. Between 1998 and 2002, CAMC Engineering from China laid the foundations for today's naval shipbuilding capacity in Myanmar by modernising the existing facilities and building a modern shipyard complex at the Naval Dockyard Headquarters in Thanlyin (not far from Yangon).

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