In July 2016, the renowned "Center for Strategic International Studies" (CSIS) in Washington D.C., founded by Admiral Arleigh Burke, published the study "Undersea Warfare in Northern Europe". Downloading and reading the almost 50-page work is well worth the time. In the acknowledgements, the attentive reader learns that "experts from Finland, Poland,...
[et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text] Fleet shrinks to historic low Shortly before the turn of the year, the German Navy shrank by a further five units. Last week, two tankers, two speedboats and a minesweeper were decommissioned. This reduces the number of floating units in the German Navy to 62 - a...
The German Navy is pooling its infantry forces in a new but historically unprecedented organisation! As a result of the realignment of the Bundeswehr decided in 2010, the specialised infantry forces of the German Navy will be combined in a naval battalion from 1 April 2014. Specifically, this involves the naval protection forces, the boarding forces and...
This is followed by the second-placed entry in the DMI essay competition by the team of authors Oberleutnant zur See M.Sc. Benedict Warkus and Oberleutnant zur See M.A. Kian Kottke:
...Der Inspekteur der Marine und der Präsident des Deutschen Maritimen Instituts (DMI) hatten Anfang des Jahres 2013 einen Wettbewerb ausgeschrieben: Junge Offiziersanwärter/-innen und Offiziere wurden aufgerufen, in einem Aufsatz Stellung zu nehmen zu dem Thema: „Das 21.Jahrhundert – ein maritimes Jahrhundert – Wunsch und Wirklichkeit?“ Es fiel schwer unter den...
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