On Friday, 24 September 2021 at 10 a.m., Rear Admiral Jürgen zur Mühlen (61), Commander Operational Forces and Head of the Naval Command's Operations Division, will hand over command of Operational Flotilla 2 from Flotilla Admiral Ralf Kuchler (51) to his successor, Flotilla Admiral Axel Schulz (50). The outgoing commander, Flotilla Admiral Ralf Kuchler, has been...
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...
Solutions, products and services for the German Navy In September, Anders Sjöberg, Managing Director of Saab Deutschland GmbH, and Christoph Otten, CEO of ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH, signed an agreement on strategic cooperation between the two companies on equipment projects and development programmes for the German Navy. In order to provide the necessary capabilities for the successful fulfilment of...
Since the beginning of the 1990s, the Bundeswehr has been aligned with the changing security policy challenges. During this process, the number of naval posts has been reduced from around 30,000 to the current figure of around 15,000, while the number of floating and flying weapons systems has fallen from around 380 to around 110. At the same time, the intensity of operations for the...
A letter to the editor on the topic of defence administration The bureaucratisation in the military administration and troops addressed by Dieter Stockfisch in his article "Improve operational capability!" (marineforum 3-2021) about the bureaucratisation of military administration and troops is undeniable. Therefore, approaches to examine the existing processes in procurement and the use of defence equipment in terms of their usefulness and efficiency are to be welcomed in principle. In the article...
Alle 15 Veranstaltungen der Bundeswehr „Tag der Bundeswehr 2021“ am 12. Juni mit Publikum wurden abgesagt Normalerweise präsentiert sich die Truppe an verschiedenen Standorten bundesweit. Vorgesehen waren Berlin, Brandenburg an der Havel, Dornstadt, Eckernförde, Hohn, Idar-Oberstein, Leipzig, München, Munster, Neubrandenburg, Neuburg an der Donau, Stetten am kalten Markt, Storkow, Warendorf,...
Now, after the presidential election in the USA and before the German parliamentary elections, there are more and more voices calling for a new direction for the Bundeswehr in view of recognised deficits. This has happened more than once over the past three decades. Much has been discussed about the mission and tasks of the Bundeswehr and...
Counterpoint to the article "Improve operational capability!" in MarineForum 3-2021. The bureaucratisation in the military administration and troops mentioned by the author of the article is undeniable. Therefore, approaches to examine the existing processes in procurement and the use of defence equipment in terms of their usefulness and efficiency are to be welcomed in principle. In the above-mentioned article...
Wolfram Lacher recently published an SWP study entitled "Unser schwieriger Partner - Deutschlands und Frankreichs erfolgloses Engagement in Libyen und Mali" (https://www.swp-berlin.org/fileadmin/contents/products/studien/2021S03_deutschland_frankreich_libyen_mali.pdf). What makes the paper so worth reading from a German perspective is not so much the knowledgeable detailed analysis of German and French Africa policy. Rather, it is the ruthlessness with which...
We have carefully read the article on the 59th Naval Historical-Tactical Conference in the current issue of MarineForum. We were particularly interested in the reference to the presentation "Cross-shots - lateral thinking - change of course: Jimmy Mann's Sylt fleet": "Vice Admiral Hans-Joachim Mann took on a new role in 1991 at the beginning of his assignment as eighth...
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