Category: Armed Forces

Mate after 30 months

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Training under many auspices

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 27 September 1960, non-commissioned officers with and without a commission in the German Navy have been trained here. Prior to this - in the early years of the German Navy - NCO training had first taken place in Cuxhaven, then in Brake an der Unterweser and from 1957 to 1960 in Eckernförde. With the arrival of 600 soldiers...

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New start in Neustadt

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 changes in the framework conditions, such as the abolition of age restrictions for re-entry into the Bundeswehr, there has been a noticeable influx of former servicemen and women into the armed forces in recent years. In this context, as part of a project to make basic training capacities more flexible and increase them, the organisational areas were requested in 2016 to "waive the complete repetition of basic training (GA) for reenlisted personnel...

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Greetings, bunk building and clearing the parlour

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 etiquette if it is no longer required after transferring to the regular unit? Why should you build your bunk every morning and tidy up the parlour when they will be turned inside out by the afternoon anyway? Who does all this serve? 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 to...

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