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New commander for the 2nd Frigate Squadron

New commander for the 2nd Frigate Squadron

Gepostet von | 16 Feb 2023 | , , , | 0

Change of command took place on the "Hessen" On Thursday, 16 February 2023 at 14:30, Flotilla Admiral Axel Schulz (52) handed over command of the 2nd Frigate Squadron from Captain Torben Jürgensen (47) to the new commander of the squadron, Frigate Captain Olliver Pfennig (48). The handover ceremony took place on the frigate "Hessen" at the Heppenser Groden naval base in Wilhelmshaven. After only 16 months in office, Jürgensen was called to Berlin as Adjutant to the Inspector General of the German Armed Forces. For his successor, the takeover is linked to a return to his home squadron. The change was carried out on the ship on which Pfennig was commander,...

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Super Bowl: You down there - we up here!

Super Bowl: You down there - we up here!

Gepostet von | 15 Feb 2023 | , , | 1

It's a well-practised ritual: with the last note of the national anthem before the start of the game, a formation of naval aviators thunders over the stadium in a flyover. "That's the sound of freedom!" as people in the USA proudly nod to each other when they can no longer hear anything. Formation The flyover formation on Sunday included two F/A-18F Super Hornets of the "Flying Eagles" of Strike Fighter Squadron VFA-122, an F-35C Lightning II of the "Warhawks" of VFA-97 and an EA-18G Growler of the "Vikings" of Electronic Attack Squadron VAQ-129. Three spare jets and a KC-135R Stratotanker also flew their courses a little to the side. We up here while...

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Breaking sanctions under a false flag - illegal Russian tankers are a maritime nightmare

Breaking sanctions under a false flag - illegal Russian tankers are a maritime nightmare

Gepostet von | 15 Feb 2023 | , , | 0

Under the title "Ships Are Flying False Flags to Dodge Sanctions", an article by columnist Elisabeth Braw appeared in Foreign Policy magazine on 30 January 2023, the most important statements of which are summarised here. Ownership - register - flag Elisabeth Braw begins by stating that ship ownership in the world is unevenly distributed among countries: the three countries with the largest shipping companies are China, Greece and Japan. But none of these countries are among the top countries under whose flags all these ships actually sail! Even the fourth-placed United States and fifth-placed Germany are not among them. Flag of...

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Plastic in the Indian Ocean - Atolls suffocating in rubbish!

Plastic in the Indian Ocean - Atolls suffocating in rubbish!

Gepostet von | 13 Feb 2023 | , , | 0

At the beginning of February, "The Conversation", an Australian online network of non-profit media companies with news, research reports and expert analyses, reported on an impressive study on the migration of plastic waste in the Indian Ocean. Initial situation In 2019, the Seychelles Island Foundation and Oxford University carried out a clean-up operation on the uninhabited Aldabra Atoll north-west of Madagascar. A total of 25 tonnes of plastic waste was collected and removed from a 35-kilometre stretch of the island. A further 500 tonnes of other waste was left behind, as it would have cost 5 million dollars to transport. Based on this alarming situation, the question of where all this rubbish came from on the UNESCO World Heritage-listed breeding ground of, among others, the green...

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Off to warm climes

Off to warm climes

Gepostet von | 13 Feb 2023 | , , , | 0

 Tender "Rhein" on its way to the Aegean On Wednesday, 15 February 2023 at 10 a.m., the tender "Rhein" will leave its home port of Kiel. Under the command of Corvette Captain Sebastian Lenz (33), the Kiel-based tender will deploy to the Mediterranean to support the NATO operation in the Aegean until the summer of this year. The tender, which is part of the support squadron in Kiel, will be the command platform and the German contribution to NATO's Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 for the next few months. Various port calls are planned for the 68 crew members over the next six months. In addition, the crew will be supported by a Turkish and...

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