Editing German Navy (section)

==Current operations==
German warships permanently participate in all four NATO Maritime Groups. The German Navy is also engaged in operations against international [[terrorism]] such as [[Operation Enduring Freedom]] and NATO [[Operation Active Endeavour]].

Presently the largest operation the German Navy is participating in is [[United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon|UNIFIL]] off the coast of [[Lebanon]]. The German contribution to this operation is two frigates, four [[Fast Attack Craft|fast attack craft]], and two auxiliary vessels. The naval component of UNIFIL has been under German command.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marine.de/portal/a/marine/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLNzKODzIMBMmB2d5mIfqRcNGglFR9X4_83FR9b_0A_YLciHJHR0VFAIngHDk!/delta/base64xml/L2dJQSEvUUt3QS80SVVFLzZfMjNfUjFR?yw_contentURL%3D%2F01DB070000000001%2FW27G6EFV180INFODE%2Fcontent.jsp|title=Bilanz und Ausblick|access-date=18 December 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090101153744/http://www.marine.de/portal/a/marine/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLNzKODzIMBMmB2d5mIfqRcNGglFR9X4_83FR9b_0A_YLciHJHR0VFAIngHDk!/delta/base64xml/L2dJQSEvUUt3QS80SVVFLzZfMjNfUjFR?yw_contentURL=%2F01DB070000000001%2FW27G6EFV180INFODE%2Fcontent.jsp|archive-date=1 January 2009}}</ref>

The navy operates a number of development and testing installations as part of an inter-service and international network. Among these is the [[Centre of Excellence for Operations in Confined and Shallow Waters]] (COE CSW), an affiliated centre of [[Allied Command Transformation]]. The COE CSW was established in April 2007 and officially accredited by NATO on 26 May 2009.<ref>Deutsche Marine – press release: Neues Nato-Expertenzentrum an der Kieler Förde nimmt Fahrt auf; Faermann, 2009</ref> It is co-located with the staff of the German Flotilla 1 in [[Kiel]] whose Commander is double-hatted as Director, COE CSW.