Today, Wednesday 15 September, Flotilla Admiral Christian Bock (52) will hand over command of Operational Flotilla 1 to Flotilla Admiral Henning Faltin (54). Flotilla Admiral Bock has been Commander of the flotilla and Director of the Centre of Excellence for Operations in Coastal Waters (COE CSW) since April 2018. The Head of Operations at the Naval Command, Rear Admiral Jürgen zur...
The former naval hospital in Flensburg-Mürwik is a "lost place" in more ways than one: after many years of vacancy, the complex resembles a ghost town, and on top of that, the last owner filed for insolvency in 2020. The ensemble, which is listed as a cultural monument, is now up for sale again. Hopefully with a happier outcome than before. Because since the closure of the military hospital,...
Today at 3 p.m. - major live streaming event of the state capital Kiel In the field of tension between security and environmental protection - A dialogue on the situation in the Baltic Sea. Together with the Kiel Peace Forum, the Mayor's Office is organising a public forum for the first time as part of Kiel Week 2021. The aim is to bring together representatives...
Back from the Aegean after almost 17 weeks in action! She was back home at 10 o'clock on the dot. Families, friends and comrades will finally see their loved ones again. The Lübeck is returning to her home port after travelling over 22,900 nautical miles in the Mediterranean. The frigate Lübeck left Wilhelmshaven at the beginning of May,...
Frigate Nordrhein-Westfalen welcomes the Lübeck in the German Bight The Lübeck is back in home waters after its deployment in the Standing Nato Maritime Group 2 (SNMG 2). On her way to Wilhelmshaven she met her "younger sister" from the 4th Frigate Squadron. The Nordrhein-Westfalen Crew Delta is currently in...
Solutions, products and services for the German Navy In September, Anders Sjöberg, Managing Director of Saab Deutschland GmbH, and Christoph Otten, CEO of ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH, signed an agreement on strategic cooperation between the two companies on equipment projects and development programmes for the German Navy. In order to provide the necessary capabilities for the successful fulfilment of...
From 10 September 2021, the Baltic Sea will once again be the venue for one of the most important multinational exercises to improve strategic planning and tactical communication between the participating nations. The large-scale manoeuvre "Northern Coasts" is an essential component of cross-force cooperation in the Baltic Sea region. The protection of the northern flank is an elementary focus of the German...
General Meeting of the Maritime Cluster Northern Germany. Growing membership figures, a revised strategy and a focus on sustainability - at the general meeting of the Maritime Cluster Northern Germany e. V. (MCN), the board and management reported on the activities and results of the current and past year. Due to the coronavirus, the meeting took place on...
In the first week of June, the Brazilian Navy carried out a firing mission off Rio de Janeiro with a cross-section of its unit types. This included firing MM 40 sea skimmers at the Ceara landing ship, which dates back to the 1950s and has long since been decommissioned. How to ignite an MM 40 with words and gestures...
Almost simultaneously with the article by K.z.S Nils Brandt, Commander SSS Gorch Fock, on the importance of sail training for the prospective naval officers of the German Navy on 19 July 2021 in MarineForum Online, the second edition of Saltwater Leadership will be published by the U.S. Naval Institute in August this year. Written by...
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