For the first time a woman at the head of a naval combat unit. Inka von Puttkamer is the new commander of the 3rd minesweeping squadron in Kiel.
The 41-year-old, who was born in Wilhelmshaven, also wants to be a role model in her new role. Soldiers recently discovered a 1.8-ton British air mine during an exercise in the Kiel Fjord. According to police, it was the largest unexploded bomb from the Second World War ever found in Schleswig-Holstein.