Category: Armed Forces

White cap against shuttle....

White cap against shuttle....

Posted by | 18 Nov 2021 | , , | 0

Commanding a ship or boat in the German Navy is undoubtedly one of, if not the most important assignment in the career of a naval officer. Unfortunately, this does not always last and so the day comes when you have to hand over your command again. The outgoing commander, Frigate Captain Phillip Wohlrab, has been in charge of the BRAVO crew for the last three years. Together with his team, he completed many training and exercise phases and is regarded as an experienced commander in the corvette squadron. He was also deployed twice with his BRAVOs in the UNIFIL mission off the coast of Lebanon....

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First female commander of a corvette crew

First female commander of a corvette crew

Posted by | 16 Nov 2021 | , , | 8

On Thursday, 18 November 2021 at 2 p.m., a handover of command will take place at the Warnemünde naval base on board the corvette "Magdeburg". Frigate Captain Philipp Wohlrab (38) will hand over his duties as commander along with the "Bravo" crew to Corvette Captain Bianca Seifert (40). The old man For more than three years, frigate captain Wohlrab was the "old man" for his crew. Together they travelled many nautical miles, which took them from their home waters in the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean twice on UNIFIL missions. "Being in command of a ship and its crew is incomparable to any other assignment. Serving in the core of the navy together with this excellent crew...

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Celebration to mark 66 years of the Bundeswehr

Celebration to mark 66 years of the Bundeswehr

Posted by | 12 Nov 2021 | , , | 0

From office to ministry... On 12 November 1955, the Bundeswehr was born with the handover of 101 certificates of appointment to the volunteers of the army, air force and navy. The then Minister of Defence, Theodor Blank, began preparations for the rearmament of the young Federal Republic of Germany in 1950 in the Blank Office with other members of the Himmerode Group of Experts. The Himmerode Memorandum is regarded as the basis from which ideas and the "Innere Führung" leadership concept for the formation of the Bundeswehr were taken and implemented. The Bundeswehr celebrated the 66th anniversary of its founding with several events throughout Germany. In Rostock city harbour, the air force presented itself alongside the "Patriot" air defence missile system...

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