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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Abeking & Rasmussen delivers after just three years In 2020, the Indonesian Navy signed a contract for the construction of two minehunting vessels. The three units have now been delivered on time. The "KRI Pulau Fani - 731" and the "KRI Pulau Fanildo - 732" (construction numbers 6508 and 6509) are currently being...
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...
From a press release by Rostock Naval Command On Monday, 24 July 2023 at 10 a.m., the F124 class frigate "Hessen" will depart for the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF). During its six-month deployment period, the ship will be travelling in the North Sea, Baltic Sea and North Atlantic. It will also serve as the flagship...
General Staff/Admiral Staff Service Course 2021 (LGAN 2021 / 63rd ASTO) The Chairman of the MOV and Deputy Chairman of the DMI, Rear Admiral (ret.) Thorsten Kähler, together with the Regional Representative Hamburg and Head of the Naval Faculty, Captain Nils Brandt, awarded the best national course participant on 11 July 2023 in the Flag Hall of the Bundeswehr Command and Staff College....
From a press release of the naval command in Rostock: On Wednesday, 19 July, 13:30, the task force provider (EGV) "Frankfurt am Main" under the command of frigate captain Hanno Weisensee (47) will leave its home port of Wilhelmshaven heading for the north-eastern Mediterranean. In the Aegean, the crew and the ship are expected to work closely together...
It has been discussed for years: does the German Navy need combat boats? The pros and cons have been debated at length in the marineforum, and the manufacturers' offers have been presented in detail. The fact that they are needed has now been reflected in the intention to procure them. The Bundeswehr intends to acquire multi-purpose combat boats for the naval battalion. A...
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