Category: Security policy

Deployment without deployment status

Deployment without deployment status

Posted by | 20 Sep 2021 | , , | 0

After the First Iraq War in 1991, the Persian Gulf was to be cleared of more than a thousand mines as soon as possible. Despite many adversities, Germany made an important contribution with the South Flank Mine Defence Force. The Iraq crisis began on 2 August 1990 with the invasion of Iraqi troops in Kuwait. While George H. W. Bush responded by forging an anti-Iraq coalition and uniting states from the Islamic world, NATO and members of the Warsaw Pact with one goal, the Federal Republic of Germany kept its distance during the parallel unification process. Although it also supported the resolutions of the UN Security Council and the decisions of the European Community, it...

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Flag ribbon for the BERLIN task force supplier

Flag ribbon for the BERLIN task force supplier

Posted by | 17 Sep 2021 | , , | 0

The REUNION Marine is an association of former participants of information defence exercises (InfoWÜ) and today's official events for the information of the German Navy (InfoDVag) for civilian executives. The members see their obligation in promoting the connection between the navy and society, but also in maintaining contact with each other. If you would like to find out more, please click here: https://reunion-marine.de/reunion/

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Australia: Out of the French submarine construction programme - into AUKUS

Australia: Out of the French submarine construction programme - into AUKUS

Posted by | 17 Sep 2021 | , , , , | 2

There has been irritation in Canberra for some time regarding the defence cooperation with France for the procurement of twelve conventionally powered submarines. Australia has now decided to discontinue its cooperation with the French Naval Group as part of the "Future Submarine Programme". Instead, it has agreed to co-operate with London and Washington on the construction of nuclear-powered submarines. By the end of a 12-minute virtual press conference between US President Joe Biden, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on 15 September 2021, the Australian defence landscape had changed from the ground up. Australia is joining a new Indo-Pacific security partnership with the US and the UK...

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On the way to joining the Marfor family

On the way to joining the Marfor family

Posted by | 10 Sep 2021 | , | 0

The DEU MARFOR command staff from the perspective of a young troop officer In a tectonically turbulent zone on the Italian coast is not only Mount Vesuvius, one of the most dangerous and notorious volcanoes on earth, but also an equally impressive NATO building. With its six floors and endlessly long corridors in almost every Western language, the Allied Joint Force Command (JFC) Naples is equally impressive on a first visit. I am there as part of the Maritime Component Command (MCC) Liaison Cell, under the direction of our French counterpart FRMARFOR, planning the Steadfast Jupiter exercise. Together...

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Interview - "I'm not afraid of anything!"

Interview - "I'm not afraid of anything!"

Posted by | 10 Sep 2021 | , , , , | 0

Vice Admiral Kay-Achim Schönbach has been inspector of the navy for six months now. marineforum had the opportunity to ask him about his impressions so far and his plans for the future of the navy. Admiral Schönbach, congratulations on your new position! Inspectors often stood for events in the mirror of time: Zenker stands for construction, Mann for dismantling and transition, your predecessor was the first inspector outside the BMVg - what do you wish for, what are you afraid of, what will you stand for one day? I am grateful for the great trust placed in me as Inspector of the Navy. How...

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