Partnering - IPD 24 association exercises with Indian Navy The Indo-Pacific Deployment 2024 (IPD 24) offered the German Navy a valuable opportunity to evaluate and further develop its operational capabilities and strategic approaches in a multinational environment. This initiative aimed to strengthen cooperation with partners in the strategically important Indo-Pacific region.
The "Red Eagle" is the oldest combat ship of the German Navy On 19 October, the crew of the frigate "Brandenburg" celebrated the ship's 30th birthday together with representatives of the state of Brandenburg, the circle of friends, relatives and friends. Following her keel laying and christening in 1992, the frigate Brandenburg was launched on 14....
Vice Admiral Jan Christian Kaack received the "Medal for the support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine" on behalf of the German Navy. This was reported by @deutschemarine on their X-Account. Literally: "For the support of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the field of mission-orientated training"
...We knew it a long time ago: at some point, the last "Barbe" class landing craft would come to an end. And now it's over, the era of the amphibian. After 58 years in service, the multi-purpose landing craft "Lachs" has been decommissioned. And with it ends the list of special features that this weapon system...
Defence Minister Boris Pistorius inaugurated a new headquarters in Rostock on 21 October 2024 The German Navy officially assumed a regional leadership role today - it will assume the function of "Commander Task Force Baltic" (CTF Baltic) for the next four years. This gives it greater responsibility in the Baltic Sea region. CTF...
The German Navy is still essentially a peacetime navy and the officer corps is hardly tactically orientated. How can this be changed at the doctrinal level? Scholasticism was an important tradition of thought in the Middle Ages, dominated by a rigid insistence on the truth of old texts that propagated a closed world without innovation. They...
Crew F125 "Charlie" takes over from "Echo" on the Baden - Württemberg No sooner had the Day of German Unity been celebrated than six intensive days of handover for the crews "Echo" and "Charlie" were on the agenda. On 9 October, the commander of the "Echos", as the men and women of the...
The Class 404 tenders were designed for use in the Baltic Sea and were operated almost worldwide. Due to the constantly increasing requirements, it is time to develop a successor. It is not only since the current conflicts and the dramatic changes that have come with them that the utilisation management at the Federal Office of Defence...
To be released in October 2024 - pre-order now! U 96 seems indestructible. After the book (1973) and film (1981) "Das Boot" was a hit with millions, its final chapter has now been revealed. The boat on which Lothar-Günther Buchheim collected his material for "Das Boot" as a war correspondent in autumn 1941 still exists, in Wilhelmshaven! Here, on the...
China and Russia are at the forefront of maritime aggression worldwide. Germany's interests are also affected. Shipping and geopolitics have always been intertwined. Based on this insight, leading representatives from politics and the maritime industry used unusually clear words to focus the attention of the latest SMM on social defence, resilience and...
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