Maritime Convention 50 years of the German Maritime Institute, 175 years of the German Navy and the Maritime Convention - there have been many occasions in recent times to focus on the Navy, maritime security and maritime dependencies. The Maritime Convention offers the ideal platform for this, promotes dialogue and creates opportunities to...

Today, Wednesday 15 September, Flotilla Admiral Christian Bock (52) will hand over command of Operational Flotilla 1 to Flotilla Admiral Henning Faltin (54). Flotilla Admiral Bock has been Commander of the flotilla and Director of the Centre of Excellence for Operations in Coastal Waters (COE CSW) since April 2018. The Head of Operations at the Naval Command, Rear Admiral Jürgen zur...

Today at 3 p.m. - major live streaming event of the state capital Kiel In the field of tension between security and environmental protection - A dialogue on the situation in the Baltic Sea. Together with the Kiel Peace Forum, the Mayor's Office is organising a public forum for the first time as part of Kiel Week 2021. The aim is to bring together representatives...

Four officers with the rank of flotilla admiral are changing posts this month. Christian Bock, Commander of Operational Flotilla 1 and Director of the NATO Centre of Excellence for Operations in Confined and Shallow Waters in Kiel, is leaving his post to take up the post of Director of Training at the Bundeswehr Command and Staff College in...

After three years, Frigate Captain Torsten Eidam has handed over command of the support squadron to Frigate Captain Uwe Lahl. Eidam is moving to the naval command in Rostock to work on the conceptual planning of the navy. With Frigate Captain Lahl, another experienced naval officer is taking over the squadron. He looks back on assignments as...

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