Category: Armed Forces

U.S. Navy - Training level lowered again

U.S. Navy - Training level lowered again

Posted by | 10 Feb 2024 | , , , | 1

The US Navy had already lowered the test score requirements for new sailors to the lowest level permitted by law and is now cancelling a regulation from the year 2000 that required a secondary school diploma to join the Navy. Requirement profile Recruits without a general education diploma (roughly equivalent to a vocational baccalaureate in Germany) or high school diploma (Abitur) can now apply and be accepted into the armed forces without formal educational qualifications, provided they achieve a score of at least 50 per cent in the Armed Services Qualification Test. This test is roughly equivalent to the recruitment test at a Bundeswehr career centre. Entitlement The...

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Red Sea and EUNAVFOR Aspides: Frigate "Hessen" departs

Red Sea and EUNAVFOR Aspides: Frigate "Hessen" departs

Posted by | 9 Feb 2024 | , , , | 1

The actual voyage to the operational area began with the manoeuvre whistle of the anti-aircraft frigate "Hessen" (F 221, class 124) in Wilhelmshaven's 4th entry shortly before ten o'clock. The departure took place in wintry calm seas and moderate visibility, but it will probably not stay that way for long. The frigate "Hessen" has been ordered to the Mediterranean by the naval command in order to be able to join the units of the EU Operation Aspides (Shield) immediately following the necessary parliamentary decision. Participation in this operation differs from participation in previous EU and NATO projects in that it fundamentally involves a "sharp call to arms".

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Mission boats for frigates: Latest technology - proven function

Mission boats for frigates: Latest technology - proven function

Posted by | 9 Feb 2024 | , , , , | 0

Wilhelmshaven - The first two new and modernised Rapid C-810 rescue and operations boats have been handed over to Flotilla 2. They will be deployed on the F123 and F124 class frigates. The first boat has already been successfully integrated on the "Hamburg", F124 and sister ship of the "Hessen", which left for the Red Sea on Thursday, 8 February 2024 in preparation for the yet-to-be-mandated EUNAVFOR "Aspides" mission, and is operationally available as a so-called boarding boat, for sea rescue and for transporting people and material. The two standby and operational boats have been added to the twelve already existing and up to now...

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Corvette "Oldenburg" back from UN deployment

Corvette "Oldenburg" back from UN deployment

Posted by | 30 Jan 2024 | , , , | 0

Warnemünde - Today, Tuesday, 30 January 2024, the corvette "Oldenburg" returned to her home base in Warnemünde after a deployment of more than six months. The Class 130 ship left its home port 170 days ago with its crew under the command of Corvette Captain Markus Schwefer (38) to take part in the mandated foreign mission UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) off the Lebanese coast and as the flagship in the NATO support mission in the Aegean. In his final review, the commander summarised with satisfaction. He can look back on a long, intensive and varied time in the various operational areas in the Mediterranean, each with their own different challenges.

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German Navy at the boot-Düsseldorf

German Navy at the boot-Düsseldorf

Posted by | 23 Jan 2024 | , , | 0

Rostock - From 20 to 28 January 2024, the German Navy will be exhibiting at the world's largest and most important international boat show, the "boot" in Düsseldorf. A sailing cutter, a team of mine divers showing how they work in a diving tower and members of the German Navy's Special Forces Command (KSM) will be there. In daily demonstrations, interested visitors can observe the work under water, visit the cutter and get in touch with the German Navy's servicemen and women. The navy stand will give all visitors an insight into the maritime world of the German naval forces. The KSM recruitment team will also be providing information about career and employment opportunities,...

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