Category: MOV

Dear MOV members, we are now halfway through the circular vote phase and are entering the decisive phase. We have now received feedback from 36.4% of our members and are therefore still a long way from the minimum 50% we need for the resolutions to be valid. Expressed in figures: We have written to around 2,950 members with voting rights, 50% means 1475 necessary responses. We have just 1,076. 1,874 of our members have not yet responded! Therefore, on behalf of the entire Board, I would like to remind you once again of this very important vote, which is still open until 26....

Important news from the MOV office Ladies and gentlemen, dear members, we are currently receiving reports that our members are no longer able to log in to our homepage under the member login to access the PDF issues of MarineForum If you think you have "finger trouble" - no. You are not alone! You are not alone ! The external company that also manages MarineForumOnline is currently programming a personalised member access. It promises to be ready shortly. Until then, I'm afraid I'll have to put you off. Yours, Elmar Brocksieper...

Ladies and gentlemen, dear members, you will still find the documents for the planned general meeting on 5 June 2021 in the yellow pages of the print edition of MarineForum 05-2021. Due to the pandemic situation, the Board of Directors has decided to postpone this in-person event rather than hold it. The twilight pint planned for 4 June at the German Naval Museum will also be postponed. However, as the MOV's ability to act must be maintained, the Executive Board, VAdm a.D. Nolting, has decided, in accordance with our Articles of Association, to first convene an Extraordinary General Meeting and hold it by way of circulation by e-mail and post. The latter is possible due to the current legal situation regarding the association's work....

On 10 March, the Treasurer and the Chairman paid their respects to the jubilarian Captain (ret.). D. Hans-Harro Stüben (C X/39) and conveyed the congratulations of the Naval Officers' Association. Captain Stüben was both delighted and honoured by our visit. Although the jubilarian has only moved into the assisted living centre at Wilhelmshaven town hall a few weeks ago, the sprightly resident, who has already been vaccinated against the coronavirus, feels extremely comfortable in his flat and confirmed with a mischievous smile that the house is of course very well run because it is in the hands of a woman! Obviously, the...

Being a naval officer was and still is not just a profession, but a vocation. The book Kurs Marine, edited by our former inspector, Vice Admiral (ret.) Wolfgang Nolting on behalf of the Marine-Offizier-Vereinigung e.V., traces the basic lines of German naval history and provides answers to the questions of maritime identity and self-positioning. Where are the historical and ideational anchorages of the navy and thus also of the MOV? What ethical awareness has been developed over the decades? How do we put these special values into practice? Individual authors - from first lieutenants to admirals - provide us with an insight into the inner workings of our navy.