© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 2025/06/24 – 2025/07/01 EXERCISE „GRAND CROSSING 2025“ 🇬🇧 GERMAN/BRITISH Pionierbrückenbataillon 130 23 Amphibious Engineer Squadron RE Part 2 on the Weser – 01.07.2025 On 1 July 2025, a key moment of the multinational exercise “GRAND CROSSINGS 25” unfolded at the historic “Upnor” water training site in Hamelin, located …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 2025/06/24 – 2025/07/01 EXERCISE „GRAND CROSSING 2025“ 🇬🇧 GERMAN/BRITISH Pionierbrückenbataillon 130 23 Amphibious Engineer Squadron RE Part 1 on the Rhine – 28.06.2025 The Rhine – majestic, powerful, ever in motion. For centuries, it has been more than a waterway; it has symbolised the kind of challenge soldiers …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1966 – 1972 🇬🇧 WO1 RSM Joe V. Herman – A True Legend The First RSM of the 28 Amphibious Engineer Regiment RE Not long ago, I received photographs of Joe Herman from his son, Bruce Herman. He handed them over with the words, “You’ll surely …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 2025 🇬🇧 Tracing the Path of 23 Amphibious Engineer Squadron Last year, I visited Edinburgh with my brother. One of the highlights of the trip, at least for me, was a visit to St Mary’s Cathedral — specifically to see the memorial plaque dedicated to Lieutenant Digby-Jones. …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1968/09/26 – 1968/10/24 🇬🇧 EXERCISE „ETERNAL TRIANGLE“ An autumn exercise in the year I was born – there must have been a lot of crashing and rattling. Around 20,000 soldiers from Great Britain, Germany, Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands took part in the exercise, in which the …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 2008/09/16 🇬🇧 „SCHWARZE MAMBA“ / „NEPTUNES EAGLE“ Amid the picturesque landscape surrounding the Weser, the week in September 2008 saw a hive of activity: The 28th Engineer Regiment from Hameln conducted their spectacular exercise, “Neptune’s Eagle.” Simultaneously, the Panzerpionierbataillon 1 from Holzminden relocated via a long …
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