{"id":53565,"date":"2026-03-07T13:33:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T12:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/?p=53565"},"modified":"2026-03-13T18:41:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T17:41:03","slug":"task-force-provider-berlin-under-new-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/einsatzgruppenversorger-berlin-unter-neuer-fuehrung\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201eBerlin\u201c task force provider under new leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday morning, the commander of the Trossgeschwader, Kapit\u00e4n zur See Andreas Schmekel, handed over command of the Einsatzgruppenversorger \u201eBerlin\u201c from Frigate Captain Karsten Uwe Schl\u00fcter to Frigate Captain Martin Kiesewetter.<\/p>\n

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Frigate Captain Karsten Uwe Schl\u00fcter Photo: hsc<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201eMy time as commander of the \u201eBerlin\u201c was essentially characterised by a repair phase for the ship,\u201c summarises the outgoing commander. This was followed by a training phase for the crew before setting sail in August for the Atlantic Bear training and presence cruise. \u201eThe \u201eBerlin\u201c was the first ship of the German Navy to arrive in Nuuk on Greenland, which was a highlight in itself,\u201c said Frigate Captain Schl\u00fcter on the special experiences of his time in command.<\/p>\n

For the first time in its own history, the task force provider \u201eBerlin\u201c also travelled to New York. \u201eFor me personally, the highlight of this trip was undoubtedly sailing into the Hudson River while an on-board helicopter was in flight,\u201c says Schl\u00fcter, describing the experience. \u201eSailing towards the skyline of this metropolis in the best weather, passing the Statue of Liberty and avoiding the Staten Island Ferries and other busy traffic was not only something uniquely challenging, but also something particularly beautiful,\u201c he continues. Frigate Captain Schl\u00fcter is now moving to the Operational Command of the Bundeswehr in Potsdam.<\/p>\n

His successor, Frigate Captain Kiesewetter, has already sailed with the ship and was on board the \u201eBerlin\u201c as a communications operations officer, ship supply officer and first officer. \u201eIt fills me with gratitude, respect and at the same time humility to be able to take command of the task force supply ship \u201eBerlin\u201c and its proud crew. After all, being commander is truly the highlight of every naval officer's life. I am therefore confident that we will tackle our upcoming and challenging operational training period with great fighting spirit. In short, I am proud to say: \u201eI am a Berliner,\u201c says Frigate Captain Kiesewetter, looking forward to his new task.<\/p>\n

Text: German Navy PIZ ASt North Sea<\/p>\n

Featured image: German Navy \/ C cassette; Photo Schl\u00fcter: hsc<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kapit\u00e4n zur See Andreas Schmekel, the command of the task force supply ship \u201eBerlin\u201c from frigate captain Karsten Uwe Schl\u00fcter to frigate captain Martin Kiesewetter. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":53590,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"4urgent","footnotes":""},"categories":[51,486,42],"tags":[10284,12083,182,385,12079,12078,12082,1016,12081,12080],"class_list":["post-53565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-streitkraefte-news","category-headlines","category-news","tag-atlantic-bear","tag-bundeswehr-potsdam","tag-deutsche-marine","tag-einsatzgruppenversorger-berlin","tag-fregattenkapitaen-kiesewetter","tag-fregattenkapitaen-schlueter","tag-hudson-river","tag-kommandouebergabe","tag-new-york-hafen","tag-nuuk-groenland"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53565"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53775,"href":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53565\/revisions\/53775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}