Category: Armed Forces

marineforum: 2,000 posts online in three years!

marineforum: 2,000 posts online in three years!

Posted by | 15 Dec 2023 | , , , | 0

Dear readers and friends of maritime topics! Since we launched the portal of the Marine-Offizier-Vereinigung e.V. (MOV) and the Deutsches Maritimes Institut e.V. together with ElbBureaux GmbH in Hamburg almost exactly three years ago (a good 1,000 days), we have succeeded in publishing over two thousand (2,000!) articles - short and longer, news and explanatory pieces, twice a day - on our web platform and making them accessible to you. That's some news! Stay tuned, stay with us - also in the coming year - and look forward to interesting and interesting facts that we will publish as...

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Nordholz: World's most modern helicopter simulator handed over

Nordholz: World's most modern helicopter simulator handed over

Posted by | 15 Dec 2023 | , , | 0

A dream birthday "I had a dream," said Captain Broder Nielsen, Commander of the Naval Aviation Command in Nordholz, at the ceremonial handover of the simulator for the NTH Sea Lion from CAE to the German Navy on 14 December. The creation of the world's most modern simulator for helicopters turned out differently than he had dreamed, but was nevertheless a day of great joy. "We have put up with three decades of deficits," he said, and now this result is "top notch". The state-of-the-art flight simulator centre is also attractive for young people who want to choose the navy and aviation. Relieved,...

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Aid for Ukraine: Alliance to rebuild the naval forces

Aid for Ukraine: Alliance to rebuild the naval forces

Posted by | 14 Dec 2023 | , , , | 0

London: Norway and the UK announce maritime alliance to provide sustainable support to Ukraine in building coastal and maritime defence The Norwegian Minister of Defence met his British counterpart on 11 December 2023 to jointly present the Maritime Capability Coalition (MCC). The aim is to enable Ukraine to exercise better control over its coast and the neighbouring sea area in the future. Russia should then no longer be able to use the Black Sea as a base for missile attacks on the Ukrainian mainland. Open sea routes and free trade are important, not only for the Ukrainian economy, but also in order to transport grain to the...

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Frankfurt am Main: On time at home in Wilhelmshaven

Frankfurt am Main: On time at home in Wilhelmshaven

Posted by | 12 Dec 2023 | , , | 0

Aus einer Pressemitteilung des Marinekommandos: Am Freitag, den 15.12.2023 um 10 Uhr, kehrt der Einsatzgruppenversorger (EGV) "Frankfurt am Main" nach 23.000 Seemeilen, entsprechend 42.600 Kilometern, oder einer Erdumrundung, in seinen Heimathafen Wilhelmshaven zurück. Die "Frankfurt am Main" verblieb nach dem eigentlichen Ende ihres Einsatzes länger im Mittelmeer, um nach dem Kriegsausbruch in Israel bei einer möglichen Evakuierung deutscher Staatsbürger unterstützen zu können. Nach Monaten fernab der Heimat freuen sich die Soldatinnen und Soldaten auf Weihnachten und Silvester mit ihrer Familie bevor es für die "Frankfurt am Main" im nächsten Jahr zum Indo-Pacific Deployment (IPD) geht. Der Kommandant des Einsatzgruppenversorgers,...

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