From a Bundeswehr press release: After a short port call in Glasgow, Task Group 441.01 - the maritime component of the Very High Readiness Task Force (VJTF) - set sail on 22 October to take part in the major exercise "Joint Warrior" off the north-west coast of Scotland until 31 October. The second round of this...
ATLAS manufactures four drones for the minehunting boats The German Navy is receiving "SeaCat" underwater reconnaissance drones for its Class 332 minehunting boats, financed from the special fund for the Bundeswehr. The President of the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support, Annette Lehnigk-Emden (centre), the Managing Director of ATLAS Elektronik GmbH (left) and...
With the SeaSnake, Rheinmetall is launching a significantly improved weapon station onto the market. It is installed for the first time on the frigates 126 for the German Navy. On 12 October 2000 at around 10:30 a.m. local time, the USS Cole began a routine refuelling operation in the port of Aden, Yemen. A few minutes later, the...
At the 112th Congress of Representatives of the German Naval Association in Hamelin, around 200 delegates called on the German government to establish a Veterans' Day. In the years 2000 -2009 alone, around 112 soldiers died and 72,381 were injured in the line of duty. Soldiers serve the Federal Republic of Germany faithfully. They defend...
At this year's meeting in Hamelin, the delegates of the 112th Congress of Representatives of the German Naval Association called on the Bundestag and the Federal Government to initiate a Maritime Security Act to clearly regulate responsibilities at sea. "Modern societies," said Heinz Maurus, President of the German Naval Association, "are dependent on critical infrastructure, including in the maritime environment. It serves...
From a press release of the PIZ Marine at the Rostock Naval Command: On Friday, 20 October 2023 at 10 a.m., the frigate "Baden-Württemberg" will be the first ship of its class to set sail on a mission. She will leave her home port of Wilhelmshaven with the crew "Delta" to take part in the mandated foreign deployment UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force...
On 27 September 2023, this portal reported on the handover of command of the Naval Support Command (MUKdo) in Wilhelmshaven on 29 September. This was based on a press release from the PIZ Marine dated 26 September 2023, from which dpa certainly also generated its short report dated 29 September 2023 (see below for both links). If you - like the editors of marineforum...
The German Navy's corvette "Oldenburg" is currently at sea off the Lebanese coast with a base in Limassol, Cyprus. This makes it the German unit serving in the immediate vicinity of the Palestinian-Israeli flashpoint. For the UNIFIL mission, it only left its base during the "Hanse Sail" in...
Even those who need no more convincing of the flight and manoeuvrability of the single-engine F-35A Lightning II must be allowed to watch this video from this year's Pacific Airshow on 30 September over Huntington Beach in California south of Los Angeles! The U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Navy are...
On Friday, 6 October 2023, a double change of command took place in the 2nd Frigate Squadron. Under overcast skies and in almost autumnal temperatures, Frigate Captain Jan Fitschen (45) was replaced by Frigate Captain Andreas Schmidt (42), who had previously commanded the frigate SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, after three and a half years in command of the frigate HAMBURG.
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