Medical Command 800

Medical Command 800 - SanKdo 800 -
( did not have an association badge )
active	approx. 1969 to approx. September 1993
Country	Germany
Armed forces	armed forces
Armed forces	army
Type	Medical Command
Insinuation	Territorial Command North
Staff seat	Mönchengladbach

The Medical Command 800 was one of the medical commands of the Army of the Bundeswehr . The headquarters were in Mönchengladbach . The medical command was subordinate to the Territorial Command North .

assignments

The medical command bunched at the level of territorial commands the Medical Corps of the Territorial Army . The main task was to provide medical services to the soldiers of the Territorial Army, in particular the troops directly subordinate to the Territorial Command North in one or more main training stations to be set up for this purpose . Fixed position the medical command supported the medical regiments the weir areas of the territorial commands and the medical command 1 of the Army . The main contract was the establishment and operation of a reserve hospital organization in the rear area , partly in neighboring Belgium and the Netherlands . In the rescue chain of the Bundeswehr , the medical commandos took the top level. Supported by the ambulances of the ambulance battalions and the rail-bound ambulance trains of medical commands 1 and the Military District Command assumed medical regiments, the medical command was to take in the area with private ambulance trains on the railway wounded from the advanced reserve military hospitals of the hospital regiments and from the dressing stations and in the rear Reserve hospitals of the Territorial Army where further treatment and recovery was planned. The commander of the medical command, as the chief medical officer of the territorial command, and the subordinate medical officers advised the commander of the territorial command on medical and military medical issues. As part of civil-military cooperation , the medical command provided disaster relief .

In peacetime around 1989, the medical command consisted of only a few active units and only a few active soldiers. Instead, the stored device only had to be made mobile in the event of a defense or confiscated by civil organizations . An essential element for the growth was the drafting of reservists , including in particular reserve medical officers . To a greater extent than in other areas of the Bundeswehr, civilian forces such as underserved doctors , paramedics , nurses and nurses were scheduled to operate the reserve hospitals . Overall, the size of the medical command after mobilization, with around 9,900 soldiers and around 2,000 civilian employees , was roughly the size of two brigades in the field army.

See also : Marine Rescue Center

structure

Around 1989 the medical command was roughly divided into:

• Staff / Headquarters Company Medical Command 800, Mönchengladbach
  • Medical battalion 801 (GerEinh), Xanten
  • Medical battalion 802 (GerEinh), Bückeburg
  • Medical battalion 803 (GerEinh), Gütersloh
  • Medical Battalion 804 (GerEinh), Emden
  • Medical Battalion 805 (GerEinh), Dortmund
  • Ambulance company (rail) 801 (GerEinh), Burgsteinfurt
  • Ambulance company (rail) 802 (GerEinh), Burgsteinfurt
  • Ambulance company (rail) 803 (GerEinh), Burgsteinfurt
  • Ambulance company (rail) 804 (GerEinh), Burgsteinfurt
  • Ambulance company (rail) 805 (GerEinh), Sendenhorst
  • Ambulance company (rail) 806 (GerEinh), Sendenhorst
  • Ambulance company (rail) 807 (GerEinh), Sendenhorst
  • Ambulance company (rail) 808 (GerEinh), Meppen
  • Ambulance company (rail) 809 (GerEinh), Meppen
  • Ambulance company (rail) 810 (GerEinh), Meppen
  • Reserve hospital group 801 (GerEinh), Budel ( NL )
  • Reserve hospital group 802 (GerEinh), Ossendrecht (NL)
  • Reserve hospital group 803 (GerEinh), Ossendrecht
  • Reserve hospital group 804 (GerEinh), Ossendrecht
  • Reserve hospital group 805 (GerEinh), Uedem
  • Reserve hospital group 806 (GerEinh), Ossendrecht
  • Reserve hospital group 807 (GerEinh), Bovigny ( BE )
  • Reserve hospital group 808 (GerEinh), Bovigny
  • Medical training center 800, Bohmte

Note: the medical depots in the area of ​​the territorial command were operated by the supply command 800 .

See also : Division of the Territorial Army (Bundeswehr, Army Structure 4) # Sanitätskommando 800

history

The medical command was set up around 1969 to take over Army Structure III in the Niederrhein barracks in Mönchengladbach.

After the end of the Cold War , the medical command was decommissioned at the latest in 1993 with the dissolution of the Territorial Command North .

Association badge

Internal association badge of the staff / staff company

Due to its planning as part of the troops directly subordinate to the territorial command, similar to corps troops, the medical command did not have its own association badge . The soldiers therefore wore the association badge of the higher-level territorial command.

As a "badge", the internal association badge of the staff and the staff company " pars pro toto " was sometimes used imprecisely for the entire medical team. It showed the Westphalian horse , the red and white alternating pinnacle band similar to the Mönchengladbach city coat of arms , the Aesculapian staff similar to the beret badge of the medical troop and a wheel as a symbol of the ability to transport ambulances . Blue was the weapon color used by the medical service .

See also : List of Association Badges of the Bundeswehr

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} O.W. Dragoons: The Bundeswehr 1989. Territorial Command SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. Territorial Command NORTH. Territorial Command SOUTH. Appendix: Territorial structure . 4th edition. 2.2 - Army, February 2012 ( religte.com [PDF; accessed July 10, 2018]).

Coordinates: 51 ° 13 '  N , 6 ° 26'  E