Over the next few years, many modern ships will be joining Flotilla 2. But personnel is the strategic challenge for operational readiness. The commander of Operational Flotilla 2 has the task of providing ships that are capable of asserting themselves and holding their own in battle on the high seas in order to provide the naval inspector with maritime capabilities and options...
Auf dem 112. Abgeordnetentag des Deutschen Marinebundes in Hameln forderten die rund 200 Delegierten die Bundesregierung auf, einen Veteranentag zu etablieren. Allein in den Jahren 2000 -2009 starben etwa 112 Soldaten infolge der Ausübung ihres Dienstes und 72.381 wurden verletzt. Soldatinnen und Soldaten dienen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland treu. Sie verteidigen...
In the presence of Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius, TKMS held the firing start for the construction of the new submarine class 212CD. The navy is already hoping for a follow-up. When the contract for the U 212CD project was signed on 8 July 2021, the Navy was still cautious: construction of the first submarine of the new class could begin in...
What's going on at the Warnowwerft Rostock naval arsenal? If you get up early, you can see what's happening. Shortly after a morning rain shower, the bow of the frigate "Hessen" pushes through the pier heads and is guided by two tugs to its berth in the new naval arsenal. The X-contribution of the Federal Office for Equipment, Information and Utilisation...
Training flying personnel is time-consuming and cost-intensive. A look abroad shows how innovative concepts could increase the availability of personnel and material. At the beginning of April, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces, Eva Högl, was quoted as saying the following about the Bundeswehr: "The challenge with personnel is even greater than...
Armaments and electronics group Rohde und Schwarz opens a branch in Kiel On 30 August 2023, a new company location was officially opened in Kiel Science Park with guests from politics, the German Armed Forces and industry. National and international marine projects are to be managed from Kiel. In order to continue the traditionally close cooperation with the German...
From a Bundeswehr press release
...From a press release issued by the running team on 15 August 2023 After the running team Bundeswehr and Reservists e.V. was already able to win Flotilla Admiral Bock as a new ambassador, the association is now also pleased to welcome the Inspector of the Armed Forces Base (SKB), Lieutenant General Martin Schelleis, as a further ambassador in its ranks.
SEvery Bundeswehr company (battery, inspection, squadron and similar) on land has one: the company sergeant (KpFw), the "mother of the company". The man or woman with the yellow cord, also known colloquially as the "spit". KpFw are responsible for internal service for the unit commanders and, as leaders of the NCO corps, are jointly responsible for personnel management....
The war in Ukraine has shaken our country out of a deep security-policy slumber. In the course of this awakening, we are rediscovering a self-evident fact that had been forgotten in the meantime: armed forces must be ready for deployment and combat and be able to wage war if deterrence fails. NATO has already reacted; deterrence and defence are the central elements of the NATO...
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