Category: Armed Forces

Navy instead of school desk

Navy instead of school desk

Gepostet von | 15 Sep 2025 | , , | 0

Week of Schools at Wilhelmshaven Naval Base The Bundeswehr Career Centre (KarrCBw) is inviting graduating classes to the "Week of Schools 2025" at Wilhelmshaven Naval Base from 16 to 18 September 2025. Around 470 pupils from ten schools will take part in the event. The Navy and other branches of the Bundeswehr will be presenting themselves to the participants from 9 a.m. onwards. The intention is to arouse interest in the Bundeswehr among the pupils and accompanying persons from the schools and to familiarise them with the attractiveness of the diverse military and civilian career opportunities in the Bundeswehr. Talks with soldiers will also be organised in order to directly...

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Quadriga/Northern Coast 2025 - Protection of merchant ships

Quadriga/Northern Coast 2025 - Protection of merchant ships

Gepostet von | 12 Sep 2025 | , , , | 0

The world's oceans are the lifelines of trade in goods. Over 90 per cent of global trade takes place by sea. The world and not least Germany are dependent on maritime trade. This dependence encompasses both the economic side, such as imports and exports, as well as security policy aspects that are important for the stability of supply chains and the international order. The high seas are particularly important for armed forces in terms of security policy. Large quantities of military material and personnel can be moved by sea in a relatively short space of time. Even during the Second World War, strategic sea transport was crucial to the success of the...

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The paint is off

The paint is off

Gepostet von | 11 Sep 2025 | , , | 7

Seen several times: the colour of the fleet service boat Oker is not right. In the picture that has been circulating in some northern German newspapers, you can see how the paint is peeling off. No, it's not camouflage, it's not a Photoshop gag, and no: nobody has tried to paint the silhouette of Eckernförde on the hull. The current livery has not been copied from the patrol boats of the Royal Navy or frigates of the Royal Canadian Navy, and no: it is also not a "camouflage scheme" to prevent/disable optical recognition by enemy forces, as was attempted in the days of the Kaiser. It is also not a turpentine-filled ammunition firing scheme, it is...

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Rheinmetall plant in Unterlüß

Rheinmetall plant in Unterlüß

Gepostet von | 10 Sep 2025 | , , , | 0

Ammunition, ammunition, ammunition! The company Rheinmetall must have heard this call from the inspector of the navy, Vice Admiral Jan C. Kaack. Rheinmetall has opened the largest ammunition plant in Europe in Unterlüß, Lower Saxony. The aim? To supply the Bundeswehr and European partners with ammunition. There's not much for the navy yet, but that could still happen! The plant was built in just 15 months and will create up to 500 jobs. The investment amounts to almost 500 million euros and is part of a larger strategy to strengthen European defence. The plant is huge - covering an area of around 30,000 m²...

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Gorch Fock is in Mürwik this weekend !

Gorch Fock is in Mürwik this weekend !

Gepostet von | 10 Sep 2025 | , , , | 0

Open Monument Day on 14 September 2025 at the Mürwik Naval Academy in Flensburg On Sunday, 14 September 2025, the Mürwik Naval Academy will once again open its doors under the motto of this year's Open Monument Day "Valuable: priceless or irreplaceable?" from 10:00 to 16:45. This year's attractions will be visits to the Gorch Fock training sailing ship and the Pegnitz hollow-barrelled guided tour boat from Kiel, combined with the opportunity to view them as part of the "OPEN SHIPS". In addition, this year we are offering: rides on a navy boat, demonstrations in one of Europe's most modern ship simulators, planetarium presentations, tours of the...

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