It's January and therefore time for the Naval Historical Tactical Conference (HiTaTa). For the 63rd time, naval officers met for this traditional - and sometimes legendary - event. And once again, expectations were not disappointed: great presentations, lively discussions and, of course, dialogue and networking! You can read about this year's HiTaTa in the next issue of the marine forum.
At the end of the 63rd HiTaTa of the Navy, the Inspector of the Navy, Vice Admiral Jan Christian Kaack (61), summed up the year 2023 and gave an outlook for 2024. "Laying the foundations for the modernisation of the German Navy was one of the main challenges in 2023 and resulted in our 'Course Navy 2035+'," said Admiral Kaack. "In addition, drumming up support to make deployments more flexible has paid off." In September of last year, the Navy was also able to demonstrate with the DEU MARFOR staff in the Northern Coasts manoeuvre that it is willing and able to take on more command responsibility in the Baltic Sea region. Around 30 ships and over 3,000 soldiers were led from Rostock, 1,000 kilometres away. The inspector also emphasised the importance of the new Warnowwerft naval arsenal in Rostock: "This means that we finally have a strong logistical and technical footprint in the Baltic Sea again. Initial maintenance measures have been carried out on our own and allied units, but patience and patience are still required to achieve the measurable reduction in the maintenance phases of seagoing units intended with 'Route 66'."
The Commander of the Fleet and Support Forces, Vice Admiral Lenski (6th from left), is the host of the Historical-Tactical Conference. Here with speakers and mentors
In his speech, the Inspector of the Navy also outlined his priorities for 2024. Firstly: retaining, recruiting and restructuring personnel. The navy needs to be the top priority when it comes to recruiting personnel for the Bundeswehr. Secondly: ammunition. "As the responsibility for this does not lie with the navy, the pressure on those responsible must be kept high across all levels," said Kaack. Thirdly, the Indo-Pacific Deployment (IPD), the Navy's major project in 2024, which is not training in non-domestic waters, but an operation. "The past year has shown how quickly and flexibly the navy can and must be able to react to changes in the situation in an emergency," explained the naval inspector. "In 2024, we will continue to pursue the successful course of consistently focusing our navy on the requirements of national and alliance defence. This also requires us to think about the war picture of tomorrow, derive trends for the maritime environment, prepare ourselves technologically, organisationally, methodically and mentally and communicate our findings to the public in a modern way. The 'Marine 2035+ course' is our guiding principle and must be consistently pursued and implemented," said Vice Admiral Kaack. The entire speech by the Chief of Naval Operations and further information can be found here:
https://www.bundeswehr.de/resource/blob/5726078/a0b56b8d75e64b7c50c1ceb43bf6c3cf/rede-des-inspekteurs-der-marine-als-download-data.pdf
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