Nach erfolgreicher Gründung des Vereins im Jahr 2021, freut sich das Laufteam Bundeswehr und Reservisten nun auch die offizielle Vereinseintragung sowie die Anerkennung als Gemeinnütziger Verein bekanntgeben zu dürfen. Der Verein befand sich seit dem 29.11.2021 in Gründung und erfuhr seit dem stetigen Zuwachs an Mitgliedern und Unterstützern. Mit mittlerweile...
It can be a little faster sometimes! On 10 November last year, the Budget Committee of the German Bundestag approved 24 million euros to find an interim solution for sea tugs. On 26 November, the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) published a call for tenders for the "purchase of...
Over the past decades, Germany has believed itself to be at perpetual peace. Russia's war against Ukraine now requires us to take an honest look at ensuring secure maritime transport connections. There have been wars in human history, like seasons that describe the course of time. Since the fall of the Iron Curtain and the resulting...
The Defence Commissioner's 2022 annual report demonstrates the inability to promptly remedy the shortcomings in the armed forces. Despite ample funding. Just over a year after Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced the modernisation of the Bundeswehr in his "Zeitwende" speech, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces, Eva Högl, draws conclusions in her 171-page...
After the end of the Cold War, compulsory military service was seen as an obsolete model. But the new era requires new solutions. Since 24 February 2022, conscription, which was suspended in 2011, has suddenly been on everyone's lips again. At the time, German politicians were unanimous in their view that a defence war in Europe would not be possible in the foreseeable...
Federal Defence Minister Boris Pistorius is parting ways with Inspector General Eberhard Zorn. General Zorn has been Inspector General of the Bundeswehr since 2018 and has worked with Federal Ministers von der Leyen, Kramp-Karrenbauer and Lambrecht during his time. Now he has to go. The new Inspector General will be Lieutenant General Carsten Breuer. Lieutenant General Breuer was known to the general public as the "Corona crisis manager"...
Friesland-Kabel GmbH expands product portfolio From April, Friesland-Kabel GmbH's logistics centre in the Hanseatic city of Wismar will stock military marine cables that comply with the German Armed Forces' VG standard (defence equipment standard) in addition to marine cables for civilian applications. It is a response to the increasing demand in Germany, but also worldwide, according to the company...
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="4.16" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="|||" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.19.5" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" global_colors_info="{}"]Military expert Masala: "The 21st century will be a maritime one" The third part of the winter lecture series took place at the Plön Naval NCO School on 22 February. The guest speaker was German political scientist Professor Carlo Masala....
After the turning point, Germany must say goodbye to its dogmatic foreign policy. Probably no other term has been so overused in reporting this year as "turning point". Hardly a journalistic article with even an extended security policy context has managed without it. The turn of an era is mistakenly used almost exclusively in a direct context, if not...
Naval command invites social media influencers to a workshop in an unusual format with external support. Last week, for the first time, naval personnel were invited to a workshop at the Rostock Naval Command who dedicate their free time to maritime content on social media, create content free of charge and thus promote the...
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