Joint Support Service (Germany)
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Active | 1 October 2000 |
Country | Germany |
Size | 41,092 personnel (16 December 2016)[1] |
Website | http://www.streitkraeftebasis.de/ |
Commanders | |
Inspector | Generalleutnant Martin Schelleis (German Air Force) |
Deputy Inspector | Generalleutnant Peter Bohrer (German Air Force) |
Chief of Staff | Generalmajor Jürgen Setzer (German Army) |
Notable commanders |
Manfred Nielson, Wolfram Kühn, Johann-Georg Dora, Hans-Heinrich Dieter, Bernd Heise |
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The Joint Support Service (German: Streitkräftebasis, SKB, literally Armed Forces Foundation) is a branch of the German Bundeswehr established in October 2000 as a result of major reforms of the Bundeswehr. It handles various logistic and organisational tasks of the Bundeswehr. The SKB is the fifth component of the Bundeswehr, the other four being the Army, Navy, Air Force and the Joint Medical Service. As of December 2016, the force is composed of around 41,100 personnel.
Organisation[edit]
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Unlike the similar British Defence Logistics Organisation and the Australian Department of Defence's Support Command Australia, Germany's current military environment has led to a number of combat-associated commands being allotted to it, principally the residual German territorial defence structure embodied in the four Wehrbereichskommandos (Military District Commands), and the national supervision of German military operations 'out of area',[clarification needed] performed by the Einsatzführungskommando (Bundeswehr Operations Command), which is headquartered in Potsdam.
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Each Military District Command controls several Landeskommandos (State Commands) due to the federal structure of Germany. Previously this function was carried out by the Verteidigungsbezirkskommandos (VBKs) or Military Region Commands (Defence District Commands). These command authorities are in charge of all military facilities in their area of responsibility and of several supporting regiments. The SKB was formed on the basis of the former IV (GE)[clarification needed] Korps. Most of its remaining elements have been reassigned from the Central Military Agencies of the Bundeswehr, encompassing a wide range of logistics agencies, schools, and other support units.
The top command authorities are the Kommando Streitkräftebasis (Joint Support Service Command) which is in charge of numerous of command and control roles. The Streitkräfteamt (Armed Forces Office) directs all schools, training and research centres, the Military Counterintelligence Service (Militärischer Abschirmdienst), and the Bundeswehr's higher academies and universities.
Structure[edit]
- Vice Chief of Staff, Bundeswehr and Chief of Staff of the Joint Support Service[citation needed]
- Joint Support Service Command[2]
- Bundeswehr Military Intelligence Centre[citation needed]
- Bundeswehr Counter-Intelligence Office
- Federal College for Security Studies
- Office for Military Studies
- German Military Representative to NATO & EU
- German element, CIMIC Centre of Excellence[citation needed]
- Psychological Operations Centre (Zentrum Operative Information - ZOpInfo)[citation needed]
- Psychological Operations Battalion 950
Logistic Command[edit]
Bundeswehr Logistic Command
Bundeswehr Logistic School
Bundeswehr Logistic Center
161st Logistic Battalion in Delmenhorst
171st Logistic Battalion in Burg bei Magdeburg
172nd Logistic Battalion in Beelitz
461st Logistic Battalion in Walldürn
467th Logistic Battalion in Volkach
472nd Logistic Battalion in Kümmersbruck
164th Special Engineer Battalion in Husum
Command Support Command[edit]
Bundeswehr Command Support Command (Military IT & Signals)
Bundeswehr IT Operations Center
Bundeswehr Command Support School
281st Command Support Battalion
282nd Command Support Battalion
292nd Command Support Battalion
293rd Command Support Battalion
381st Command Support Battalion
383rd Command Support Battalion
1st NATO Signal Bataillon (German participation)
Strategic Reconnaissance Command[edit]
Strategic Reconnaissance Command
911th Electronic Warfare Battalion
912th Electronic Warfare Battalion, mans the Oste-class SIGINT/ELINT and reconnaissance ships
932st Electronic Warfare Battalion
932nd Electronic Warfare Battalion, provides airborne troops for operations in enemy territory
Bundeswehr Strategic Reconnaissance School
Bundeswehr Geographical Information Office
Territorial Tasks Command[edit]
Bundeswehr Territorial Tasks Command
- Guard Battalion in Berlin
Bundeswehr Military Police Command
- 1st Military Police Regiment in Berlin
- 2nd Military Police Regiment in Hilden
- 3rd Military Police Regiment in Munich
Bundeswehr Military Police School
Bundeswehr CBRN-defense Command in Bruchsal
Baden-Württemberg State Command
Bayern State Command
Brandenburg State Command
Bremen State Command
Hamburg State Command
Hessen State Command
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern State Command
Niedersachsen State Command
Nordrhein-Westfalen State Command
Rheinland-Pfalz State Command
Saarland State Command
Sachsen State Command
Sachsen-Anhalt State Command
Schleswig-Holstein State Command
Thüringen State Command
- All Bundeswehr Training Areas
Armed Forces Office[edit]
- Bundeswehr Verification Centre
- Bundeswehr Academy for Information and Communication
- Bw Integrated Competence & Training Centre SASPF
- Military Attache Offices
- Bundeswehr School of Dog Handling
- GE Elm2 NATO Command Structure / National Support Elements
- Bundeswehr Military Music Centre
- Bilateral / multilateral Relations
- Bundeswehr Sports School
- Two Sports Promotion Sections
- SGO1 / GE Elm2 George C. Marshall Centre
Multinational Joint Headquarters Command[edit]
Bundeswehr Planning Office[edit]
Bundeswehr Command & Staff College[edit]
References[edit]
- Notes
- ^ "Stärke: Militärisches Personal der Bundeswehr". Bundeswehr (in German). 16 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ The Joint Support Service. p. 79.
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