Category: Armed Forces

Tender "Donau" departs for NATO formation

Tender "Donau" departs for NATO formation

Gepostet von | 2 Jan 2024 | , , | 0

Leadership role for the German Navy Today, the tender "Donau" leaves its home port of Kiel to support the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (Maritime) - VJTF (M). Over the next six months, the tender will provide the German contribution to one of NATO's standing formations. In addition, the tender will be deployed as the flagship and command platform of Standing NATO Mine Countermeasure Group 1. The leader of the group is Frigate Captain Artur Krüger (53), an experienced staff officer and "Mineur". The commander of the tender is Korvettenkapitän Stefan Huber (55), who initially sets off for Swinemünde with his 68-strong crew and the embarked staff. There the...

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Pentagon: Baltic states sign 5-year defence cooperation roadmap

Pentagon: Baltic states sign 5-year defence cooperation roadmap

Gepostet von | 24 Dec 2023 | , , , | 0

The US Assistant Secretary of Defence for International Security Affairs hosted a three-way signing ceremony for bilateral defence cooperation roadmaps with representatives from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in mid-December 2023. The basis for strong relations between the Baltic States and the United States is long-term and multifaceted cooperation. The roadmap is intended to guide the national security cooperation relationship through 2028 as the U.S. works to improve capabilities and interoperability between the U.S. and Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian armed forces. In addition, the agreements express the intent of the U.S. Secretary of Defence...

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Philippines and Japan in favour of mutual opening of military bases

Philippines and Japan in favour of mutual opening of military bases

Gepostet von | 21 Dec 2023 | , , , | 0

After strengthening maritime cooperation with Vietnam in May 2023, the Philippines has now also begun talks with Japan on a reciprocal agreement that would allow the deployment of armed forces on each other's soil in light of growing tensions in the region. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on the sidelines of a summit between Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Tokyo that tensions in the South China Sea had increased rather than decreased in recent months and warned that a "more assertive China" posed a "real challenge" to its Asian neighbours. Manila and Beijing delivered...

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marineforum: 2,000 posts online in three years!

marineforum: 2,000 posts online in three years!

Gepostet von | 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

Gepostet von | 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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