Successful togetherness - roll call for Gazelle training mission On Monday, 3 April 2023 at 1 p.m., a roll call will be held as a symbolic act for the end of the Joint Special Operations Task Force (JSOTF) Gazelle. This was part of the European Union Training Mission (EUTM) Mali and will take place with invited guests...
From 15 to 19 March 2023, units of the Chinese, Iranian and Russian navies conducted a joint naval manoeuvre in the area between Muscat (Oman) and Chahbahar (Iran). According to a statement from the Russian Ministry of Defence, ten units took part in the "Maritime Safety Belt" exercise: China provided the destroyer 155 "Nanjing" (Type 052D), Russia...
On 2 March, District Administrator Stephanie Ladwig presented a grant of €50,000 for the renovation of the naval memorial in Laboe. The President of the German Naval Association (DMB), former State Secretary Heinz Maurus, expressed his thanks and was delighted that the district of Plön is supporting the mission of "preserving the memorial" with its contribution and...
Federal Defence Minister Boris Pistorius is parting ways with Inspector General Eberhard Zorn. General Zorn has been Inspector General of the Bundeswehr since 2018 and has worked with Federal Ministers von der Leyen, Kramp-Karrenbauer and Lambrecht during his time. Now he has to go. The new Inspector General will be Lieutenant General Carsten Breuer. Lieutenant General Breuer was known to the general public as the "Corona crisis manager"...
Humanitarian aid during NATO mission On Tuesday, 14 March 2023 at 10 a.m., the tender "Elbe" is expected back in its home port of Kiel after participating in the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG 2) "NATO Support Aegean" mission. The crew of the "Elbe" will certainly not forget the last few weeks. After...
Mosi II - the exercise name stands for smoke, vapour or fog in German - the trilateral exercise involving the Russian Navy, the Navy of the People's Liberation Army of China and the South African National Defence Force ended on 27 February 2023 without the ultimate smoke production. As estimated by marineforum.online, it did not come...
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From a Bundeswehr press release On 21 February, the German Navy presented its specific capabilities in the maritime environment to the new Federal Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius in Eckernförde. The navy in particular has to consider four dimensions in its operational areas: surface, underwater, air and land. Together with the inspector of the navy, Vice Admiral...
Netherlands warns of Russian actions against maritime infrastructure In the Netherlands, state security agencies have foiled a possible sabotage operation against maritime installations in the country's economic zone. These activities are said to have taken place "last autumn", according to Major General Jan Swillens, Director of the Dutch Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD),In a briefing...
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