The German Navy's corvette "Oldenburg" is currently at sea off the Lebanese coast with a base in Limassol, Cyprus. This makes it the German unit serving in the immediate vicinity of the Palestinian-Israeli flashpoint. For the UNIFIL mission, it only left its base during the "Hanse Sail" in...
Apply for the transfer or exchange of old recreational boating licences! The recreational boating licence in cheque card format is not only practical because it fits in your wallet to save space, but unlike the old paper documents it is also robust and robust and can also get wet, for example - a real boating licence! The...
Even those who need no more convincing of the flight and manoeuvrability of the single-engine F-35A Lightning II must be allowed to watch this video from this year's Pacific Airshow on 30 September over Huntington Beach in California south of Los Angeles! The U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Navy are...
On Friday, 6 October 2023, a double change of command took place in the 2nd Frigate Squadron. Under overcast skies and in almost autumnal temperatures, Frigate Captain Jan Fitschen (45) was replaced by Frigate Captain Andreas Schmidt (42), who had previously commanded the frigate SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, after three and a half years in command of the frigate HAMBURG.
Once again this year, the Armada shows a cross-section of its capabilities in one hundred seconds - short, concise, with strong images. "We are navy" is the title of the world's second-oldest navy with a sense of history and self-confidence (only the Portuguese navy has been in the business a few years longer). Not only because of its 27,000 posts, but also with its tonnage...
From a press release by ARGE Hochenergielaser Marinedemonstrator: Following the integration of the laser weapon demonstrator (LWD) on the frigate 124 "SACHSEN" in June 2022, the sea trials of the LWD have been successfully completed. Responsible for the development and construction of the LWD as well as the support of the BAAINBw (Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and...
Russia must expand its production capacities for icebreakers if it wants to achieve its goals for expanding trade via the Arctic North-East Passage, as Russia lacks ice-class vessels. Alternative route Russia has been planning for some time to expand the North-East Passage as an alternative to the Suez Canal and to open up trade via this northern route as early as next...
From a press release by the PIZ at Rostock Naval Command: On Friday, 29 September 2023, the Commander of Operational Forces and Head of the Operations Department from the Naval Command, Flotilla Admiral Stephan Haisch (56), will hand over command of the Naval Damage Control Training Centre (EAZS M) from Captain Eckardt Menzel (62) at the Naval Barracks in Neustadt i.H....
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From a press release of the PIZ at the Rostock Naval Command: On Thursday, 28 September 2023 at 10 a.m., the commander of the 2nd Frigate Squadron, Frigate Captain Olliver Pfennig (48), will hand over command of the frigate "Mecklenburg-Vorpommern" from Frigate Captain Hendrik Wißler (44) to Frigate Captain Wolfgang Johannes Eckmüller (46). Frigate Captain Wißler took over in 2020...
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