Command academy of the Bundeswehr

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Management Academy of the Bundeswehr
- FüAkBw -

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Lineup May 15, 1957
Country Germany
Armed forces armed forces
Strength 3000 course participants per year
Insinuation BMVg
Location Hamburg
motto Mens agitat molem.
"The spirit moves matter."
Web presence www.fueakbw.de
Academy management
commander Major General
Oliver Kohl
Director of Strategy and Faculties Brigadier General
Boris Nannt
Director training Brigadier General
Holger Neumann

The command academy of the Bundeswehr ( FüAkBw ) is the highest military and central training facility for the training, further education and training of all staff officers and generals / admirals of the Bundeswehr in Germany. It was set up in Bad Ems in 1957 and has been based in Hamburg-Nienstedten in the Clausewitz barracks there since 1958 . Other parts are located in neighboring Hamburg-Osdorf in the Lieutenant General Graf von Baudissin barracks. The FüAkBw has been directly subordinate to the General Inspector of the Bundeswehr since January 1, 2017 .

history

Bundeswehr properties in Hamburg (as of April 2013)

In January 1957, the first general staff course in the army , initially planned for six months, was held in the gendarmerie barracks in Bad Ems . A little later, the first twelve-month courses for the Navy (1957) and the Air Force (1958) followed.

The new location was the subject of political discussions. While the then Federal Defense Minister Franz Josef Strauss (CSU) campaigned for a southern German city, the First Mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg Kurt Sieveking (CDU) and later the General Inspector of the Federal Armed Forces General Adolf Heusinger campaigned for Hamburg. In the autumn of 1958, the company moved to Hamburg-Hochkamp in the villa district, where the leadership academy was opened on October 28, 1958 by Defense Minister Strauss. The training was designed in such a way that, in line with the Prussian reforms, it was cross-armed and academic and enabled political and legal education. In particular, the inner leadership and the model of the citizen in uniform became a central principle. From then on it was also possible for officers from NATO alliance states and from 1962 from non-NATO states to take part in courses.

During the term of office of Defense Minister Helmut Schmidt (SPD), the staff academy of the Bundeswehr (1966–1974) was integrated into the command academy, which meant that staff officers and selection courses were now also held here. From 1974 two more barracks were used for training. In the course of the activities of the peace movement against "retrofitting" in the FRG in the 1980s, the then commander of the command academy Rear Admiral Dieter Wellershoff expanded the teaching catalog to include security seminars for the civilian public (including churches, unions and parties).

Barracks gate of the command academy of the Bundeswehr, 2019

The political change in 1990 brought about the training of commanders of the former National People's Army (NVA). In order to be able to better integrate Eastern and Southeastern European officers, the “Friends of Foreign Officers Training at the Bundeswehr Leadership Academy” was established in 1993 at the instigation of the First Mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg Henning Voscherau (SPD) and the commanding officer of the Leadership Academy Major General Klaus Reinhardt called. In 1996 a EURO course was established. In addition to a few security policy adjustments in the teaching and organizational area, the Center for Leadership of Joint Operations (ZFGO) was established in 1998. In 1999 the International Clausewitz Center (ICZ) was founded in order to preserve the ideal legacy of the military theorist and major general Carl von Clausewitz . The modern planning exercise center Manfred Wörner Center (MWZ), named after NATO Secretary General Manfred Wörner , was inaugurated in 2000. The estate of Lieutenant General Wolf von Baudissin was bundled in the Baudissin Documentation Center, which opened in 2001.

Lieutenant General Graf von Baudissin Barracks, 2019

In the 2000s, staff officer training was adjusted in terms of content by a working group. Today, in lifelong learning, the focus is primarily on multinationality and unity of the armed forces. In 2004, a joint armed forces course was offered for the first time in General Staff / Admiral Staff Service. The Henning von Tresckow building was also opened, named after the resistance fighter against National Socialism, Major General Henning von Tresckow . In 2005 the first cross-military academy exercise Combined Joint Euro Exxercis (CJEX) took place in the FüAkBw. In 2010, based on the National Defense University, a German Capstone Course (DOC) was introduced for generals and admirals as well as civilian officials. From October 1, 2000 to December 31, 2016, the academy was part of the military organizational area of ​​the Armed Forces Base , before that it was a central military service .

organization

guide

Supported by a staff, the leadership academy is led by the following people:

  • Commander since May 2018: Major General Oliver Kohl
  • Deputy Commander and Director of Training (formerly Director of Courses) since 2018: Brigadier General Holger Neumann
  • Director Strategy & Faculties (formerly Director Teaching): Brigadier General Boris Nannt

structure

The field of military teaching is currently divided into the following faculties:

  • Faculty of leadership armed forces
  • Army area
  • Air Force area
  • Marine area
  • Force base area
  • Medical service and health sciences
  • Faculty of Politics, Strategy and Social Sciences (PSGW), the science-oriented and largest faculty of the management academy
  • Faculty use
  • Faculty of Leadership and Management (FuM)

Commanders

(chronologically)

No. Rank and name TSK Start of office End of office
- Colonel i. G. Detlev von Rumohr (acting) army January 1, 1957 July 31, 1957
1 Major General Heinz Gaedcke army August 1, 1957 September 30, 1959
2 Major General Hellmuth Laegeler army October 1, 1959 March 31, 1962
3 Major General Ulrich de Maizière army April 1, 1962 September 30, 1964
4th Major General Jürgen Bennecke army October 1, 1964 September 30, 1966
5 Major General Hans Hinrichs army October 1, 1966 September 30, 1970
6th Major General Rudolf Jenett air force 1st October 1970 September 30, 1974
7th Major General Eberhard Wagemann army 1st October 1974 September 30, 1977
8th Major General Heinz Walther von zur Gathen army 1st October 1977 March 31, 1981
9 Rear Admiral Dieter Wellershoff marine April 1, 1981 March 31, 1984
10 Major General Dieter Clauss army April 1, 1984 March 31, 1986
11 Major General Jörn Söder army April 1, 1986 March 30, 1988
12 Major General Werner von Scheven army April 1, 1988 October 22, 1990
13 Major General Klaus Reinhardt army October 23, 1990 June 30, 1993
14th Major General Hartmut Olboeter air force July 1, 1993 January 26, 1996
15th Rear Admiral Rudolf Lange marine January 27, 1996 March 30, 2001
16 Major General Hans-Christian Beck army March 31, 2001 July 14, 2005
17th Major General Wolf-Dieter Löser army July 14, 2005 February 7, 2008
18th Major General Robert Bergmann army February 7, 2008 July 14, 2011
19th Major General Achim Lidsba army July 14, 2011 August 31, 2016
20th Rear Admiral Carsten Stawitzki marine September 1, 2016 May 9, 2018
21st Major General Oliver Kohl army May 9, 2018 constantly

Courses and seminars

Military courses

  • Basic staff officer course (formerly: staff officer course) (BLS) for professional officers in the troop service and selected medical officers . After 8 years of service, the approximately three-month course can be attended. It takes place three times a year and is intended for a total of around 600 participants. Before that, the participants complete a preparatory program that the respective armed forces determine themselves. Passing is a prerequisite for promotion to staff officer .
  • Staff officer training course (SFL) for BLS graduates after two years. It takes a good two weeks.
  • General Staff / Admiralty Staff National (LGAN) after successfully completing the BLS. It is scheduled for two years and consists of national - about 18 percent of each officer class - and international participants (NATO, EU).
  • General Staff / Admiral Staff Service International (LGAI) for national and international participants (non-NATO). It is scheduled for ten months and is nicknamed the “Little UN”. So far, representatives from over 100 nations have participated.
  • European Security (ESich) course for LGAI graduates. It's set for four weeks.

The best in the course are given special awards such as the General Heusinger Prize (from the General Heusinger Foundation), the Medal and Certificate of Honor General von Clausewitz (from the Clausewitz Society ) and the Scharnhorst Prize (from the Friends of the Training of Foreign Officers at the Leadership Academy of the Armed forces).

Military seminars

- e.g. Some also for civil executives -

  • Training field 1000: States, societies, military
  • Training field 2000: capabilities and structures of armed forces
  • Training area 3000: Basic operation of the Bundeswehr
  • Training area 4000: Management and deployment of armed forces (including the United Nation Staff Officer Course (UNSOC), held in English and certified by the UN, to prepare German and foreign officers for use in staffs in the context of operations under the mandate of the United Nations (UNO ) )
  • Training area 5000: Individual leadership skills

German Institute for Defense and Strategic Studies

German Institute for Defense and Strategic Studies
(GIDS)
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founding June 30, 2018 in Hamburg
founder Ursula von der Leyen
Seat Hamburg ( ⊙ coordinates: 53 ° 33 ′ 45.6 ″  N , 9 ° 49 ′ 49.6 ″  E )
Chair Matthias Rogg , Burkhard Meißner
owner Federal ministry of defense
Website gids-hamburg.de

The German Institute for Defense and Strategic Studies ( GIDS ) is a strategy-oriented research institute in the division of the Federal Ministry of Defense , based in Hamburg in the Clausewitz barracks . It is affiliated with the leadership academy of the Bundeswehr and is intended to promote the function of the leadership academy as a think tank for the Bundeswehr . The institute's board of directors is headed by Colonel Matthias Rogg from the early modern period and Burkhard Meißner , an ancient historian .

The GIDS is intended to form a bridge between basic research at the Helmut Schmidt University / University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg (HSU / UniBwH) and the processing of military-related issues at the FüAkBw. HSU / UniBwH and GIDS are connected to the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences via the “Network for Interdisciplinary Conflict Analysis” (NIKA) .

The institute was founded on June 30, 2018 by the then Federal Minister of Defense Ursula von der Leyen .

assignment

The institute examines problems and phenomena that are decisive for Germany's security policy strategic capability and is thus intended to create the basis for advising decision-makers in the Bundeswehr and the federal government .

Research areas

The research areas of the institute are:

  • Economy and ecology of violence
  • Dynamics and typologies of wars and conflicts
  • Culture and identity in a changing security environment
  • Joint departmental and interdisciplinary thinking and acting from a security policy perspective
  • Military Strategy and Leadership in the 21st Century
  • Strategic partnerships

Publications

The institute's publication formats include #GIDSanalysis, #GIDSresearch, #GIDSstatement, #GIDStalk, #GIDStopic and #GIDSvideo.

The #GIDSanalysis series aims to present studies relating to the military, strategy and research.

Scientific Advisory Board

The institute is supported by a scientific advisory board . The task of this advisory board is to advise the institute management, in particular with regard to the definition of research priorities and initiatives and with regard to their relevance for the strategic consultation needs.

Members of the advisory board are:

Other facilities

Manfred Wörner Center

The Manfred-Wörner-Zentrum (MWZ) is the planning exercise center of the Bundeswehr Command Academy, inaugurated in 2000.

Scientific Forum for International Security

The Scientific Forum for International Security serves the dialogue between science and the military . V. (WIFIS).

International Clausewitz Center

To assess security-political situations, the leadership academy also draws on the method and theory of the Prussian military theorist Major General Carl von Clausewitz . In 1999 an International Clausewitz Center (ICZ) was founded to preserve the philosopher's legacy. There is regular dialogue between the armed forces and the "strategic community" without making any official claims. The center cooperates with various opinion leaders in Hamburg. The ICZ is also responsible for the Series Clausewitz protocols . In the past the interlocutors included u. a. Helga Haftendorn , Franz Josef Jung , Klaus Naumann , Andreas Herberg-Rothe , Gunter Pleuger , Peter Struck and Ernst Uhrlau .

Baudissin Documentation Center

In 2001 the Baudissin Documentation Center was administered in the premises of the leadership academy in the Hamburg Lieutenant General Graf von Baudissin Barracks, which contained the estate of the "Father of Inner Leadership", Lieutenant General Wolf von Baudissin . The facility is run on a voluntary basis by the military educator Lieutenant Colonel a. D. Claus Freiherr von Rosen directed.

circle of friends

In 1993, the Friends of the Training of Foreign Officers at the Management Academy of the Bundeswehr e. V. founded. Honorary members of the association are Federal Chancellors a. D. Helmut Schmidt (†) and Federal Minister of Defense a. D. Volker Rühe . The Freundeskreis wants to promote the education of foreign officers and, with its commitment, also contribute to international understanding for the officer's families. Martin Willich has been President since 2011 ; it is supported by the board of directors and the advisory board.

Cooperations

The leadership academy cooperates with many actors at national level such as the leadership academy of the Federal Employment Agency , the Center for International Peace Operations , the Bundeswehr Training Center , the German Atlantic Society , the Geneva Center for Security Policy and the Helmut Schmidt University / University of the Bundeswehr Hamburg . Together with the Technical University of Hamburg, the management academy organizes the forum for future-oriented management every year .

The German Institute for Defense and Strategic Studies (GIDS) in Hamburg was founded as a cooperation facility between the command academy of the Bundeswehr and the Helmut Schmidt University / University of the Bundeswehr Hamburg.

A successful long-term cooperation exists with the American Jewish Committee (AJC) based in New York.

Internationally there are close relationships with high military training institutions and the like. a. the École de Guerre (France), the Joint Services Command and Staff College (United Kingdom), the Istituto Superiore di Stato Maggiore Interforze (Italy), the Naval War College (USA) and the United States Army War College (USA). These countries each provide one liaison officer (the USA for each branch of the armed forces) .

Others

The leadership academy came under fire when it became publicly known in 1997 that the right-wing extremist Manfred Roeder , a convicted Holocaust denier , was able to give a lecture there in 1995 on the subject of the resettlement of Russian Germans in the Königsberg area . In 1998 the Defense Committee was constituted for the first time as a committee of inquiry in the German Bundestag and dealt with the "investigation of actual and alleged right-wing extremist incidents in the Bundeswehr". Through the Röder case, the Bundeswehr reviewed how it was dealing with the extreme right and drew lasting consequences, among other things. a. for political education , service supervision and disciplinary measures .

Graduates

Awards

See also

literature

  • Detlef Bald , Wilhelm Nolte, Hans-Heinrich Steyreiff: General staff training between society and the military. The annual work archive . Edited by the command academy of the Bundeswehr and the Clausewitz Society , Mittler, Herford u. a. 1991, ISBN 3-8132-0375-1 .
  • Uwe Hartmann (Ed.): Analyzes and Perspectives. Studies on politics, the state and society. Selected annual papers by graduates of the Bundeswehr Leadership Academy (= series of publications by the Scientific Forum for International Security . Volume 14). With a foreword by Eckardt Opitz . Edition Temmen, Bremen 1999, ISBN 3-86108-737-5 .
  • Friends of the training of foreign officers at the Bundeswehr leadership academy V. (Ed.): An institution that unites people. About the internationality at the Bundeswehr Leadership Academy . With a foreword by Rudolf Scharping and color photos by Lothar W. Brenne-Wegener, 2nd edition, Mittler, Hamburg a. a. 2001, ISBN 3-8132-0773-0 .
  • Dietmar Klos (Red.): 50 years of the Bundeswehr leadership academy. 1957-2007 . With a foreword by Wolf-Dieter Löser . Mittler, Hamburg a. a. 2007, ISBN 978-3-8132-0881-8 .
  • Klaus Hüttker: Thoughts on the realignment of the command academy of the Bundeswehr . In: Eva-Maria Kern , Gregor Richter (ed.): Armed forces management. New planning and control instruments in the Bundeswehr . On behalf of the Center for Military History and Social Sciences of the Bundeswehr , Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden 2014, ISBN 978-3-658-05237-9 , pp. 213-220.
  • Wolfgang Schmidt, Colonel: The command academy of the Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg-Blankenese - Forays through a historical place. Hamburg 2018.

Web links

Commons : Leadership Academy of the Bundeswehr  - collection of images, videos and audio files

GIDS

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Speech by the Federal Minister of Defense Dr. Ursula von der Leyen at the Bundeswehr Command Academy on November 3, 2016 (pdf) bmvg.de, November 3, 2016, p. 13 , accessed on December 16, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Daily order from the Minister of Defense regarding the change of subordination of the leadership academy on December 29, 2016. bmvg.de, January 4, 2017, accessed on January 8, 2017 .
  3. ^ A b Thomas Scheerer, Heinz Dieter Jopp: Brief history of the leadership academy . In: Dietmar Klos (Red.): 50 years of the Bundeswehr leadership academy. 1957-2007 . Hamburg 2007, p. 14.
  4. ^ A b Thomas Scheerer, Heinz Dieter Jopp: Brief history of the leadership academy . In: Dietmar Klos (Red.): 50 years of the Bundeswehr leadership academy. 1957-2007 . Hamburg 2007, p. 15.
  5. ^ A b c d Thomas Scheerer, Heinz Dieter Jopp: Brief history of the leadership academy . In: Dietmar Klos (Red.): 50 years of the Bundeswehr leadership academy. 1957-2007 . Hamburg 2007, p. 16.
  6. ^ A b c d Thomas Scheerer, Heinz Dieter Jopp: Brief history of the leadership academy . In: Dietmar Klos (Red.): 50 years of the Bundeswehr leadership academy. 1957-2007 . Hamburg 2007, p. 17.
  7. ↑ Dietmar Klos (Red.): 50 years of the Bundeswehr leadership academy. 1957-2007 . Hamburg 2007, p. 54.
  8. ↑ Eggo Rettmer: handover in training. In: https://www.fueakbw.de . September 27, 2018. Retrieved September 28, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Boris Nannt. In: Leadership Academy of the Bundeswehr. March 29, 2018. Retrieved March 29, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Military Doctrine , fueakbw.de, accessed on 25 April 2017th
  11. ↑ Dietmar Klos (Red.): 50 years of the Bundeswehr leadership academy. 1957-2007 . Hamburg 2007, p. 85 ff.
  12. ↑ Staff College: Top change at the Staff College, 2/9/2016 , accessed on September 4, 2016
  13. ↑ a b c d Dietmar Klos (Red.): 50 years of the Bundeswehr leadership academy. 1957-2007 . Hamburg 2007, p. 62 f.
  14. ↑ Special awards at the Bundeswehr Leadership Academy , fueakbw.de, accessed on November 19, 2015.
  15. ↑ Seminars - also for civil executives , fueakbw.de, accessed on November 19, 2015.
  16. ↑ Think tank for the Bundeswehr of the future. German Institute for Defense and Strategic Studies, accessed on May 11, 2020 .
  17. ↑ Research areas at a glance. German Institute for Defense and Strategic Studies, accessed on May 11, 2020 .
  18. ↑ Economy and ecology of violence. German Institute for Defense and Strategic Studies, accessed on May 11, 2020 .
  19. ↑ Dynamics and typologies of wars and conflicts. German Institute for Defense and Strategic Studies, accessed on May 11, 2020 .
  20. ↑ Culture and identity in a changing security environment. German Institute for Defense and Strategic Studies, accessed on May 11, 2020 .
  21. ↑ Joint departmental and interdisciplinary thinking and acting from a security policy perspective. German Institute for Defense and Strategic Studies, accessed on May 11, 2020 .
  22. ^ Military Strategy and Leadership in the 21st Century. German Institute for Defense and Strategic Studies, accessed on May 11, 2020 .
  23. ↑ Strategic partnerships. German Institute for Defense and Strategic Studies, accessed on May 11, 2020 .
  24. ^ A b Military, Strategy and Research: Studies on Defense Capital, Economic Statecraft, Data Envelopment and Behavioral Economics. German Institute for Defense and Strategic Studies, accessed on May 11, 2020 .
  25. ↑ Dietmar Klos (Red.): 50 years of the Bundeswehr leadership academy. 1957-2007 . Hamburg 2007, p. 67 f.
  26. ↑ Dietmar Klos (Red.): 50 years of the Bundeswehr leadership academy. 1957-2007 . Hamburg 2007, p. 68 f.
  27. ↑ Dietmar Klos (Red.): 50 years of the Bundeswehr leadership academy. 1957-2007 . Hamburg 2007, p. 70 f.
  28. ↑ Dietmar Klos (Red.): 50 years of the Bundeswehr leadership academy. 1957-2007 . Hamburg 2007, p. 84.
  29. ^ Friends of the training of foreign officers at the Bundeswehr Leadership Academy V. , fueakbw.de, accessed on November 19, 2015.
  30. ↑ a b Globally networked , fueakbw.de, accessed on November 19, 2015.
  31. ↑ Thorsten Kodalle: Future-oriented control in logistics. In: fueakbw.de. Bundeswehr Leadership Academy, April 3, 2018, accessed on December 6, 2018 .
  32. ↑ GIDS is the think tank of the future. In: Federal Ministry of Defense . July 2, 2018, accessed April 4, 2020 .
  33. ^ David Harris : The Leadership Academy and the American Jewish Committee . In: Dietmar Klos (Red.): 50 years of the Bundeswehr leadership academy. 1957-2007 . Hamburg 2007, p. 71 f.
  34. ↑ Dietmar Klos (Red.): 50 years of the Bundeswehr leadership academy. 1957-2007 . Hamburg 2007, p. 83.
  35. ↑ a b Fabian Virchow : Against civilism. International relations and the military in the political conceptions of the extreme right (= research politics ). VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2006, ISBN 3-531-15007-3 , p. 434 f.
  36. ↑ BT-Drs. 13/11005
  37. ^ Hans-Joachim Reeb , Peter Többicke: Lexicon of inner guidance . 4th edition, Walhalla, Regensburg u. a. 2014, ISBN 978-3-8029-6257-8 , p. 75.