On Wednesday, 20 September 2023 at 10 a.m., the commander of Operational Flotilla 1, Flotilla Admiral Sascha Helge Rackwitz, will hand over command of the support squadron based there from Frigate Captain Uwe Lahl to Frigate Captain Stefan Meier-Neuhold at Kiel Naval Base. Frigate Captain Lahl had commanded the support squadron for two years. It...
Change of personnel in the leadership of the German Navy On Thursday, 21 September 2023 at 12:30 p.m., the Commander of the Naval Task Forces and Head of the Operations Department will change. Rear Admiral Jürgen zur Mühlen (63) will hand over command to Flotilla Admiral Stephan Haisch (54). The handover ceremony will take place on the pier in front of the frigate "Sachsen-Anhalt" at the naval base in Heppenser...
Aus einer Pressemitteilung des Marinekommandos Rostock Vom 9. bis zum 23. September 2023 findet das diesjährige maritime Großmanöver Northern Coasts (NOCO), eine der wichtigsten multinationalen Übungen zur Stärkung der Zusammenarbeit der Seestreitkräfte Deutschlands und seiner Partnern im Ostseeraum, statt. In diesem Jahr ist die Deutsche Marine mit DEU MARFOR für...
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 press release by the Rostock Naval Command: On Wednesday, 23 August 2023 at 10 a.m., the tugboat "Rügen", which until recently was called "Rota Endurance", will be ceremonially commissioned at the naval base in Kiel. With the commissioning of this ship, the navy is taking a significant step towards modernising its fleet...
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From a report on the Bundeswehr portal The German Navy's naval battalion is also involved in the large-scale multinational manoeuvre "Talisman Sabre" from 22 July to 4 August. Australia has hosted this largest joint training activity of its defence forces with the US military every two years since 2005. Talisman Sabre 2023 is now the tenth and...
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....
After the "FAZ" headlined in June 2023: "thyssenkrupp makes submarine division ready for sale", Oliver Burkhard, head of tkMS, confirmed on Twitter that the first steps towards independence were being taken. This was tkMS' reaction to statements made last week by the head of the Italian shipbuilding group Fincantieri. In a conversation with...
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