We're back - in a new look and in a new digital neighbourhood! In April 2014, we wrote in our first post: Meer Verstehen is a blog about maritime topics, which means: maritime security policy and the German Navy should find their place here as well as the presentation of innovative technologies, findings...
The German Navy's Indo-Pacific unit, led by Flotilla Admiral Axel Schulz, has already had two "wonderful port calls", as the unit commander called them, after crossing the Atlantic. From 17 - 20 May, the frigate "Baden-Württemberg" and the task force provider "Frankfurt am Main" were in Halifax/Canada, and from 23 - 26 May in New...
Double standards? Facebook deletes renowned specialist medium Yes, you read that right. marineforum.online, the portal of the just 50-year-old magazine marineforum, has been deleted by Facebook. Apparently on the panic hunt for pro-Russian and right-wing extremist accounts, the META group is paralysing a democratically reputable specialist medium. For 50 years, marineforum has been preparing news from the...
As 2023 draws to a close, a new year is just around the corner. As usual, marineforum will continue to observe, categorise and comment on German and international maritime events for you in 2024. We will keep you up to date with the latest events online and go into more detail in the printed issues...
Dear readers and friends of maritime topics! Since we launched the portal of the Marine-Offizier-Vereinigung e.V. (MOV) and the Deutsches Maritimes Institut e.V. together with ElbBureaux GmbH in Hamburg almost exactly three years ago (a good 1,000 days), we have succeeded in publishing over two thousand (2,000!) articles - short...
The MSM assembly hall is simultaneously a place of learning, a meeting place and the "living room" of the Navy. The current redesign harmonises past and present. Over eight years ago, the then Inspector of the Navy, Vice Admiral Andreas Krause, posed the question in a named article in marineforum as to whether German naval history since 1956...
For the German Navy, too, this means a return to a focus on national and alliance defence. In an interview with marineforum, Vice Admiral Frank Lenski, Commander of the Fleet and Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, talks about the resulting willingness to take on responsibility, current problems and the importance of those serving in the reserves. Mr Admiral,...
New ideas for equipping maritime special forces were presented at a symposium. This will significantly expand their area of deployment. The annual conference organised by the US Joint Special Operations Command (Socom) was expanded for the first time this year to include additional interest groups. Under the name SOF Week 2023, the...
International experts meet at the invitation of GIDS and iFMS Naval officers and scientists from five continents recently exchanged views on maritime strategies and security in Hamburg's Speicherstadt warehouse district. They accepted an invitation from the German Institute for Defence and Strategic Studies (GIDS) and the interdisciplinary research focus Maritime Security (iFMS)...
In September 2021, Frigate Captain Kenneth Harms took command of the 1st Corvette Squadron in Warnemünde. Now he is turning his attention to new tasks. In an interview with marineforum, Harms summarises his time in Warnemünde. Your squadron is developing, what will you remember fondly and what worries you?
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