Category: Armed Forces

DWT Symposium Prospects for the defence industry 2022

DWT Symposium Prospects for the defence industry 2022

Gepostet von | 9 Mar 2022 | , , , , | 0

At the symposium 'Prospects for the defence industry', representatives from the official side will meet with representatives from the fields of defence technology and the defence industry. For more than ten years, DWT and SGW have been offering a tried-and-tested dialogue and information platform with this event, which marks the start of the annual programme. Due to the formation of the new government, the date has been postponed to 7 March 2022, and the change in German security policy initiated on 27 February has given the event a new impetus. This gave high-ranking representatives of the Federal Ministry of Defence (BMVg) the opportunity to give an indication of the 'Special Fund Bundeswehr' announced by Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz....

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Changing chairs in the navy

Changing chairs in the navy

Gepostet von | 7 Mar 2022 | , , , | 0

Soon to be Inspector Navy: Vice Admiral Jan C. Kaack - As already reported on marineforum.online, Inspector General Eberhard Zorn will hand over command of the German Navy to Vice Admiral Jan Christian Kaack on 11 March 2022. Jan Christian Kaack is currently Commander of the Fleet and Support Forces and Deputy Inspector General of the Navy. He has been in temporary command of the navy since the end of January. Born in Eutin, he gained command experience on fast patrol boats, destroyers, frigates and as an operations and training officer in the French Navy on board the French training ship Jeanne d'Arc. From 2003 to 2004, he was commander of the frigate "Bayern", which recently returned successfully from the Indo-Pacific. Post as officer in charge...

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Update: "Not during our watch!"

Update: "Not during our watch!"

Gepostet von | 7 Mar 2022 | , , , | 1

As previously reported, the German Navy is stepping up its activities on NATO's northern flank as a result of current developments and for reasons of alliance solidarity. On 28 February, the minehunting boats "Sulzbach-Rosenberg" and "Homburg", the minesweeper "Siegburg" and the tender "Elbe" departed for the Baltic Sea. In addition, the minesweepers "Datteln" and "Fulda" set off on the morning of 1 March. "Our signal is clear: not during our watch!" said the commander of the fleet, Vice Admiral Jan C. Kaack. On Saturday, 26 February, the corvette "Erfurt", originally intended for deployment as part of UNIFIL (off Lebanon), was commissioned in the presence of Parliamentary State Secretary...

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Running team supports the RTL - Wir helfen Kindern foundation

Running team supports the RTL - Wir helfen Kindern foundation

Gepostet von | 3 Mar 2022 | , , | 0

The running team is collecting donations in favour of the foundation, which now wants to help children in Ukraine who are suffering from the war in their country. The Bundeswehr and Reservists running team is organising a virtual charity run from 26.03.2022 to 10.04.2022 to raise money for the "Stiftung RTL - Wir helfen Kindern e.V." foundation. The "Stiftung RTL - Wir helfen Kindern e.V." was founded in 1997 and since then the organisation has been collecting donations, which are given directly to selected children's aid projects of selected organisations. As RTL pays all administrative, personnel and production costs, all donations collected are used for the realisation of the projects without any deductions.

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Order of the day from the Inspector General

Order of the day from the Inspector General

Gepostet von | 1 Mar 2022 | , , , | 1

General Eberhard Zorn prepares troops for far-reaching changes He sees a new reality in the face of Russian President Vladimir Putin's ruthless war of aggression against Ukraine. Zorn has reorganised his priorities: less coronavirus administrative assistance, more reinforcement of NATO's eastern flank and a focus on so-called "basic operations" such as ammunition depots, medical, logistics and command facilities. The soldiers would be needed more for national and alliance defence. In an interview on "heute journal" on Monday, Zorn commented on Putin's statements about the nuclear forces. He considers them relevant, but not immediately worrying. "We take this statement seriously," he said on ZDF. "We are of course following...

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