Navy headquarters

Command of the Navy in the Federal Ministry of Defense
State level	Federation
position	Dept. BMVg and top management of the Navy
founding	November 1955
resolution	September 30, 2012
Headquarters	Bonn , North Rhine-Westphalia
Authority management	in case of dissolution: Axel Schimpf , Inspector of the Navy
Servants	120
Web presence	bmvg.de ( Memento from December 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive )

The command staff of the Navy (FüM) was from 1955 to 2012 a department in the Federal Ministry of Defense and one of the five military command staffs of the Bundeswehr . The command staff of the navy also formed the highest military command of the navy .

history

As a forerunner of the Federal Ministry of Defense, the office of the authorized representative of the Federal Chancellor for questions related to the increase of the Allied troops , the so-called Office Blank , was set up in Bonn on September 17, 1950 . From 1951 there was a naval element in this office, which was headed by the former frigate captain Karl-Adolf Zenker . In 1952 the former sea captain Heinrich Gerlach also joined the Blank office. The military part of the Blank office continued to grow over time. In 1954 a Division II / Pl Military Planning was formed with a Marine II / Pl / M group, in which a number of former naval officers served who later assumed important functions in the German Navy. Among them were the later inspectors Zenker and Jeschonnek and the later admirals Collmann , Gerlach, Kähler , Rösing and Thomsen .

On June 7, 1955, the Blank office was converted into the Federal Ministry of Defense. At the same time was determined from the group Marine the subdivision II / 7 . This sub-department was expanded further in the next few months and renamed Department VII on November 14, 1955 . Department VII as the direct predecessor organization of the Fü M had four subdivisions and was led by the Inspector of the Navy. On June 1, 1957, the transformation into the command staff of the Navy took place while retaining the four subdivisions.

In the following years the number of subdivisions and the size of the management staff changed several times. At the beginning of 1971, a uniform structure was introduced for all command staffs of the armed forces . It comprised seven subdivisions, which were now referred to as staff departments. This organization lasted until October 1, 1992, when the current structure was adopted.

As part of the realignment of the Bundeswehr , the naval command, the fleet command and the naval office were merged on October 1, 2012 to form the naval command based in Rostock . As of April 1, 2012, the naval management staff no longer had any ministerial duties and was converted to staff inspector navy . This staff, based in the previous offices of the management staff, supported the inspector in the transition period until the new structure was adopted. It was disbanded on September 30, 2012.

management

As a department head in the BMVg, the inspector of the navy was at the head of the management staff with the rank of vice admiral . In matters relating to troops, he was directly subordinate to the management of the Ministry, and in matters of development and implementation of the overall conception of the Bundeswehr to the Inspector General of the Bundeswehr . The inspector was represented by the Chief of Staff Fü M (Deputy Inspector of the Navy and Chief of Staff Management Staff of the Navy) with the rank of Rear Admiral .

See also : List of Navy inspectors

tasks

The command staff was the supreme troop service command of the Navy. The staff ensured the operational readiness of the Navy in material and personnel terms. The two higher command authorities of the Navy, the Fleet Command and the Naval Office , were directly subordinate to the staff. In addition, the staff supports the Inspector of the Navy, the Inspector General and the Federal Minister of Defense in their ministerial duties. With the exception of the ministerial tasks, the described field of tasks has been carried out by the Inspector Marine since April 1, 2012 .

construction

The management staff was organized into three staff departments, each with five units . The departments for personnel matters (Fü M / Pers) and for central tasks (Fü M / Z) were directly subordinate to the Chief of Staff. The staff departments were led by a flotilla admiral , the reports by a sea ​​captain .

• Staff department Fü MI (personnel; training; organization) with the units
  • For MI 1 basic personnel requirements; Inner guidance; International cooperation
  • For MI 2 personnel planning, personnel requirements, personnel budget, recruiting
  • For MI 3 principles of organization; deployment
  • For MI 4 Organization of the Navy; strength and equipment verification (STAN)
  • For MI 5 training
• Staff department Fü M II (logistics; material; armaments) with the presentations
  • Fü M II 1 Principles of armor / equipment; Authorized representative for the integrated working group capability analysis; International arms cooperation; Cross-sectional tasks
  • For M II 2 basic issues and structures of logistics; multinational logistics; logistic support; Special logistics tasks
  • For M II 3 Armament and Use of Floating Weapon Systems
  • Fü M II 4 Armaments and use of naval command services, military material in responsibility for material, army, air force (coordination), data processing project navy; Information & Technology (IT) coordination marine
  • For M II 5 contributions to budget and financial planning; Manager; Material requirement coverage
• Staff department Fü M III (conception; planning; leadership) with the presentations
  • Fü M III 1 conception and planning specifications; International cooperation
  • For M III 2 Operational policy matters
  • Fü M III 3 Basics of operational planning and operational management, at the same time authorized representative of the inspector of the Navy at the operational command staff , Berlin office
  • For M III 4 Bundeswehr Planning; Planning principle; Planning control
  • For M III 5 leadership services marine

Deputy Inspector of the Navy and Chief of Staff

Deputy Inspector of the Navy and Chief of Staff
No.	Surname	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
19th	Rear Admiral Heinrich Lange	May 29, 2009	March 31, 2012
18th	Rear Admiral Hans-Jochen Witthauer	January 2008	May 29, 2009
17th	Rear Admiral Axel Schimpf	2004	January 2008
16	Rear Admiral Jörg Auer	October 2000	2004
15th	Rear Admiral Bernd Heise	April 1997	September 2000
14th	Rear Admiral Klaus Jancke	April 1995	March 1997
13	Rear Admiral Dirk Horten	April 1993	April 1995
12	Rear Admiral Hans-Rudolf Boehmer	May 1990	March 1993
11	Rear Admiral Dieter Franz Braun	April 1988	April 1990
10	Rear Admiral Hein-Peter Weyher	April 1985	March 1988
09	Rear Admiral Dieter Wellershoff	April 1984	March 1985
08th	Rear Admiral Hanshermann Vohs	April 1980	March 1984
07th	Rear Admiral Ansgar Bethge	October 1976	March 1980
06th	Rear Admiral Horst von Schroeter	October 1971	September 1976
05	Rear Admiral Heinz Kühnle	October 1969	September 1971
04th	Rear Admiral Erich Topp	October 1966	September 1969
03	Rear Admiral Karl Hetz	April 1964	September 1966
02	Flotilla Admiral Alfred Schumann	June 1961	March 1963
01	Rear Admiral Gerhard Wagner	June 1957	May 1961

Individual evidence

1. ^ Federal archive stock BM 1 ( Memento from April 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Background information at augengeradeaus.net (PDF; 15 kB)

Coordinates: 50 ° 41 ′ 57 ″  N , 7 ° 2 ′ 26 ″  E