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NATO entrusted CTF Baltic, which was established in October 2024, with leadership and coordination tasks in the BaSR. Since then, DEU MARFOR has served as the core staff for this national #BalticSeaHQ. From now on @deumarfor will be dormant.
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Yesterday, #CTFBaltic‘s inauguration ceremony as #BalticSea #headquarters took place. For Germany‘s Minister of Defence #Pistorius, its multinational personnel of 13 partner nations embodies the spirit of the Alliance. #WeAreNATO
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Today, the German Navy assumed the role of Commander Task Force Baltic #CTFBaltic for #NATO in the #Baltic Sea region. Including Germany, 12 partners are represented in the new #headquarters in #Rostock. DEUMARFOR provides the core staff. #WeAreNATO #StrongerTogether @NATO_MARCOM
ALT picture: Bundeswehr/Kristina Kolodin
ALT picture: Bundeswehr/Kristina Kolodin
ALT picture: Bundeswehr/Kristina Kolodin
Soldiers and sailors from 🇳🇴🇫🇷🇧🇪🇳🇱🇺🇸 practiced explosive ordnance disposal #together in Putlos during #BALTOPS24. Commander Task Force 369 RearAdmiral Stephan Haisch paid them a visit during the exercise.
#StrongerTogether #Baltic #WeAreNato
Internationaler Austausch: In Putlos, #SchleswigHolstein trainieren Marinesoldaten aus 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇧🇪🇫🇷 und 🇳🇴 neue Methoden der #Kampfmittelbeseitigung. Auch sie stehen während #BALTOPS24 unter 🇩🇪 Kommando. Hier ihr Commander Task Force KAdm Haisch beim Truppenbesuch. #StrongerTogether
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ALT Foto: US Navy/Jackson Adkins
Personnel from 🇸🇪🇳🇱🇱🇻🇧🇪🇳🇴 conduct countermining operations training at #BALTOPS24 to ensure free maritime passage for everyone. #MaritimePresence #StrongerTogether
Minenkampf und Minenabwehr: #NATO-Seestreitkräfte verfügen über alle dafür nötigen Fähigkeiten. Bei #BALTOPS24 üben Minenkräfte von rund 20 Partner-Marinen in der #Ostsee, hier aus 🇸🇪🇳🇱🇱🇻🇧🇪🇳🇴, geführt vom multinationalen Stab @deumarfor in Rostock. #StrongerTogether #ReadyForces
#TrainAsYouFight: Die #Ostsee-Großübung #BALTOPS24 ist vergangene Nacht in ihre operative Phase übergegangen. In einem fiktiven Szenario, das bis zum 20.06. andauert, müssen die Beteiligten jetzt Entscheidungen treffen – und mit den simulierten Konsequenzen umgehen. #ReadyForces
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Amphibious Operations are another focus of #BALTOPS24. Additionally, Sweden practices the deployment of #HIMARS, a mobile artillery system.
#WeAreNato #StrongerTogether #NATO #Sweden
Living the dream 😍
The #HIMARS, renowned for its mobility, can unleash a relentless barrage of precision-guided missiles in rapid succession. Deployment of this mobile artillery system was practiced in 🇸🇪 during #BALTOPS24, NATO's premier large-scale maritime-focused exercise.
#BALTOPS24 - a great opportunity to increase cross-domain interoperability between allies: air, ashore and afloat!
#StrongerTogether #WeAreNato #ReadyForces
Stars and Stripes 🇺🇸 & Tricolour 🇫🇷, time-honored Allies at sea
From the northern reaches of Scandinavia to the amber shores of the Eastern #Baltic, #BALTOPS24 synergizes the interoperable strengths of Allied nations into an indivisible, unbreakable defence network. 🛡️
Whether aloft 🚁 or on the waves 🌊, #NATO ensures that cooperation reigns supreme amidst the shifting currents of continental security. 🌐
#WeAreNATO #StrongerTogether
Ensuring peace in the Baltic Sea- #BALTOPS24 unites 20 Nations with the aim to ensure peace and prosperity within one of #NATO‘s lifeline regions.
#StrongerTogether #WeAreNato #ReadyForces #Korvette
Goldhammer goldhammer - FGS Magdeburg conducting a gunnery exercise with their 76mm maingun during #BALTOPS24 ⚓️
#WeAreNato #StrongerTogether #NATO
Train as you fight – übe wie Du kämpfst. Der Grundsatz bedeutet auch für #BALTOPS24, jede Übung so realistisch wie möglich zu gestalten, bis zum scharfen Schuss. Hier eine Gunnery Exercise der #Korvette #Magdeburg mit ihrem Mehrzweck-Hauptgeschütz 76 Millimeter. #ReadyForces
At #BALTOPS24 military representatives received an insight on @deutschemarine‘s and @deumarfor‘s capabilities - We are ready! We are standing by to take on responsibilities for #NATO in the Baltic Sea Region.
#WeAreNato #StrongerTogether #deumarfor
Wir stehen bereit! 🫡 @DEUMARFOR kann Führungsaufgaben für die #NATO in der ganzen #Ostsee-Region übernehmen. Eine Delegation Militärischer Vertreter beim Bündnis hat sich dies heute am praktischen Beispiel #BALTOPS24 präsentieren lassen. #WeAreNATO #StrongerTogether #ReadyForces
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ALT Foto: Bundeswehr/Krisitina Kolodin
ALT Foto: Bundeswehr/Krisitina Kolodin
Multinational flavoured 🌍
Within the broad expanse of #BALTOPS24, a striking symphony of unity and interoperability unfolds. 🛡️
Picture this: 🇵🇱 & 🇺🇸 helicopters lily-padding between ships from 🇫🇷, 🇳🇱, and 🇪🇸, while 🇹🇷 & 🇵🇹 jets streak across the skies. Simultaneously, 🇬🇧 marines land on the shores of 🇸🇪 & 🇱🇻, as a submarine from 🇩🇪 patrols the #Baltic depths.
On any given exercise day, forces from all four corners of the Alliance move in perfect harmony, seamlessly merging their capabilities into a unified force anywhere, anytime. 🗺️
#WeAreNATO #StrongerTogether
#BALTOPS24 brings together 9000 sailors and soldiers from20 #NATO Nations, exercising for a peaceful and free Baltic SEA.
#StrongerTogether #NATO #WeAreNATO
Helicopters are valuable assets for naval warfare. Training and increasing the interoperability with our allies at sea, in the air and ashore is paramount for stability and security in the Baltic sea.
#BALTOPS24 #StrongerTogether #NATO #WeAreNato #Baltic
Our #NATO flag flutters with the #Baltic breeze 🌬️, guided by the currents of Freedom. 🛡️
#BALTOPS24 #WeAreNATO #StrongerTogether #1NATO75years
20 Nations are taking part in the annual Baltic Operations Exercise BALTOPS24, the premier maritime military exercise in the Baltic Region. 🇪🇸 crew places chocks & chains for a 🇵🇱 helicopter, demonstrating synergy between nations #WeAreNATO
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The 53rd edition of #BALTOPS has just started. From the 7th to 20th of June 20 Allied Nations will demonstrate #NATO’s ability to defend the Baltic Sea Region. This year the German Navy and our staff #deumarfor will lead 40 ships as a Commander Task Force.
Start des #Ostsee-Manövers #BALTOPS24: Die 53. Auflage der maritimen Großübung hat am 07.06. begonnen. Die #DeutscheMarine 🇩🇪⚓️ übernimmt dieses Mal eine besondere Rolle. #WeAreNATO #StrongerTogether
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Thank you, Rear Admiral Richard Kesten, for your inspiring leadership. We wish you fair winds and following seas for your new tasks!
Welcome on board Rear Admiral Thorsten Marx, new Deputy Commander #deumarfor – we are looking forward working with you!⚓️
Kommandeur @deumarfor Konteradmiral Stephan Haisch hat einen neuen Stellvertreter.
Bei einem Antreten heute Morgen in #Rostock übernahm Flottillenadmiral Thorste Marx das Amt des Deputy Commander von Flottillenadmiral Richard Kesten.
Alles Gute! 🫡
#WirSindMarine
ALT Drei Männer in Flecktarnuniform im Freien. Zwei salutieren voreinander. Foto: Bundeswehr/Kristina Kolodin
ALT Drei Männer in Flecktarnuniform machen eine Mischung aus Handschlag und Handturm während sie in die Kamera lächeln. Foto: Bundeswehr/Kristina Kolodin
ALT In einer Linie stehende Männer und Frauen in Flecktarnuniform. Foto: Bundeswehr/Kristina Kolodin
ALT Ein Mann in Flecktarnuniform vor weitere Uniformierten. Im Hintergrund eine Grünfläche und ein weißes Gebäude. Foto: Bundeswehr/Kristina Kolodin
Among all participants for #BALTOPS24 is also the corvette FGS Braunschweig. German Navy contributes with 4 ships to this exercise and its multinational staff DEU MARFOR as Commander Task Force. #NATO
#BALTOPS24 is the biggest naval NATO exercise in the Baltic Sea. Great welcome by the crew of Federal German Ship „Braunschweig“ in #Klaipeda. Impressive team spirit and contribution to collective defense. Many thanks to the sailors and all success!
Today the pre-sail conference for the exercise #BALTOPS24 started in Klaipeda🇱🇹 – the kick off for the largest exercise ever conducted in the Baltic Sea region. #NATO
🇱🇹DefMin @LKasciunas at #BALTOPS24 Pre-sail conference in 🇱🇹Klaipėda.
The exercise shows the unity & resolve of our allies & sends a powerful message to adversaries: #NATO stands as the strongest defence alliance, ready to protect our citizens & Member States’ sovereignty.
