Category: Armed Forces

Minehunting boat Datteln runs out

Minehunting boat Datteln runs out

Gepostet von | 12 Jan 2021 | , | 0

A new mission for the DATTELN: on 12 January, the 45 men and women cast off from their home port of Kiel to set course for the North Sea. There, the boat will become part of the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG 1). Commander Tanja Merkl believes the boat is well prepared for the tasks ahead: "The crew of the minehunting boat DATTELN has undergone comprehensive operational and maritime deployment preparation this year as planned. Participation in SNMCMG 1 is therefore the goal for which we have prepared intensively." A US Navy soldier is also on board. He...

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New Commodore of MFG 5

New Commodore of MFG 5

Gepostet von | 8 Jan 2021 | , | 1

After just one and a half years as Commodore, Frigate Captain Jan Richard Keller (48) is leaving Naval Air Wing 5. On 11 January, Kapitän zur See Thorsten Bobzin will hand over command of the entire naval helicopter fleet and the almost 1,300 soldiers and civilian employees of MFG 5 to Frigate Captain Carsten Holtgreve (50). Holtgreve has already served as Commander of the Technical Group in MFG 5 and Head of the Logistics Department in the Naval Aviation Command. Most recently, he was office manager to the Chief of Staff at the Naval Command. MFG 5 is home to the Sea King, Sea Lynx, Sea Lion and EC-135 helicopters. Text: mb; Photos: Alexander...

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Farewell for months

Farewell for months

Gepostet von | 7 Jan 2021 | , , | 0

On 7 January, the tender WERRA set course for the eastern Mediterranean to relieve the frigate BRANDENBURG as the flagship of Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG 2). The seventy or so crew members had already been in the currently prescribed quarantine for days. And so the men and women had long since said goodbye to their families and friends on the day of departure. No infections with the coronavirus had previously been detected. However, to be on the safe side, everyone on board was tested again during a brief visit to Wilhelmshaven. The requirements are strict in order to prevent an outbreak of the virus on board...

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Welcome home, frigate "Hamburg"!

Welcome home, frigate "Hamburg"!

Gepostet von | 20 Dec 2020 | , | 0

The frigate "Hamburg" has been back from the Mediterranean since 20 December 2020. Since the beginning of August, the ship had taken over the second operational contingent of the European Union's Irini foreign mission. Over the past few months, the frigate's main task was to contribute to the implementation of the arms embargo imposed on Libya by the United Nations Security Council. "As the first German seagoing unit of the still young Operation Irini, we have succeeded in making a visible and significant contribution to stabilisation in the sea area off Libya. In August of this year, nobody knew what was in store for us. Now we can look back on the proud...

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Annual instruction of the Navy 2021

Annual instruction of the Navy 2021

Gepostet von | 18 Dec 2020 | , | 0

The inspector draws up this policy document on a regular basis, but the directive for 2021 is characterised by unusual circumstances. "The side effects and consequences of the COVID-19 coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic have permanently shaken much of what was considered safe and plannable at the beginning of last year," says Krause. The Bundeswehr, and therefore the Navy, will foreseeably also be affected by the consequences - while the scope and intensity of the challenges facing the armed forces will continue to increase.

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