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For the first time, a woman leads a naval combat unit
Follows Frigate Captain Carsten Schlüter as commander: Inka from Puttkamer. photo
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There has never been a woman at the head of a naval combat unit in the Bundeswehr. This is changing with Inka von Puttkamer and the 3rd minesweeping squadron in Kiel.
For the first time, a woman is in command of you Marine battle group taken over. For her, it is “a return to a homeland she loves, to a channel that is familiar to me,” said the new commander of the 3rd Minesweeping Squadron, Inka von Puttkamer, at a ceremonial roll call at the Kiel naval base.
According to the Navy, the 41-year-old frigate captain most recently held a position with NATO. In Kiel, von Puttkamer was already commander of the minehunter “Homburg” and deputy commander of the 3rd minesweeping squadron. The squadron includes ten minehunters.
Von Puttkamer succeeds frigate captain Carsten Schlüter (43) as commander. He moves to the naval command in Rostock as adjutant to the naval inspector.