Longest-serving naval captain retires Klaus Heermeier joined the navy 47 years ago. Now he is handing over his last command to his successor. He was in command of the Naval NCO School for three and a half years. "The navy is the branch of the armed forces that knows how to deal with each other very well," he said,...
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,...
Anyone who has ever been on watch at a floating unit or a naval shore station will be familiar with them: large boards with lots of photos of all kinds of people hanging on them. If one of them comes across the Stelling, please leave everything behind to pay your respects to the watch commander.
The Naval Re-employment Centre (ZWE Mar) at the Neustadt in Holstein site is a sub-unit of the Naval NCO School. Its mission is to ensure the reintegration of former servicewomen and men - including those from other branches of the armed forces - into the navy. Due to changed framework conditions such as the abolition of age restrictions for re-entry into the Bundeswehr, the...
What are the personal advantages of a challenging apprenticeship? There is an extraordinary amount of material to learn and activities to practise. Why should you have to get used to military behaviour if it is no longer required after transferring to the main unit? Why should you build your bunk every morning and tidy up the parlour...?
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...
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