On 23 September 2021, the Inspector of the Navy, Vice Admiral Kay-Achim Schönbach (56), will hand over the Navy's fleet and support forces from Vice Admiral Rainer Brinkmann (63) to his successor, Rear Admiral Jan Christian Kaack (58). The ceremony will take place at the Mürwik Naval Academy in Flensburg and will traditionally end with a...
The first Class 125 frigate was commissioned just over two years ago. Time for a review of experience. How are our "new" frigates faring? Several members of the Bundestag have recently been asking this question. With their small question on the status of the Frigate 125 (F 125) project, they emphasised the role of the project...
Vice Admiral Kay-Achim Schönbach has been inspector of the navy for six months now. marineforum had the opportunity to ask him about his impressions so far and his plans for the future of the navy. Admiral Schönbach, congratulations on your new position! Inspectors often stood for events in the mirror of time: Zenker stands for development,...
On 1 September 2021, the task force provider left its home base in Wilhelmshaven to join Operation IRINI as part of the European Union Naval Forces Mediterranean (EUNAFVOR MED). The 220 soldiers on board include military police and an 11-strong boarding team from the sea battalion in Eckernförde. Two Sea Lynx helicopters will provide situational awareness...
After 19 years, a German Navy ship set sail for Southeast Asia again today. The Hamburg was due to set this course at the beginning of May 2020, but the voyage had to be cancelled due to coronavirus. Despite the long preparation time, not all questions have been answered, partly due to the ongoing pandemic....
Private Public Partnership was the magic word at the beginning of the 2000s; the concept was promised as the saviour for services in the public sector. At its core, the idea was to privatise services provided by the state and public authorities - in themselves, mind you - in order to make them leaner, more efficient and, above all, more...
The die is cast. The BMVg has decided in favour of the P-8A Poseidon from Boeing to replace the German Navy's ageing P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft. A parliamentary referral is to take place before the summer break in order to avoid a looming capability gap at the last minute. The replacement procurement had become necessary after...
Class 125 frigate "SACHSEN-ANHALT" commissioned in Wihelmshaven - Almost two years after the "Baden-Württemberg" (F222) and eleven months after the "Nordrhein-Westfalen" (F 223), the German Navy will commission the third frigate of the F125 class on 17 May 2021. Like its sister ships, the "Sachsen-Anhalt" (F 224) will...
The Naval NCO School is home to all non-commissioned officers in the navy. Even during the coronavirus pandemic, the institution is demonstrating its willingness to change. Christian Hillmer and Jan-Nicolas Orth For more than sixty years, the Naval Non-Commissioned Officer School (MUS) has been synonymous with challenging training for junior officers that is geared towards the needs of the fleet and the...
The German Navy is currently struggling to find a successor for its Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPAs) in the near future. The Navy currently operates a fleet of four P-3Cs, which were taken over in used condition from the Dutch Navy in 2006. The original plan was for these aircraft to fly into the 2030s,...
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