Command Support Brigade 41

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Coordinates: 47 ° 30 '44.6 "  N , 8 ° 31' 30.4"  E ; CH1903:  681842  /  262970

Command Support Brigade 41 / SKS
- FU Br 41 / SKS -
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Badge of the FU Br 41

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Lineup January 1, 2004
Country SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Armed forces Swiss Army
organizational unit Leadership support base
Branch of service Command support troops
structure 1 FU Bat
3 Elo / EKF Abt
5 Ristl Bat
3 HQ Bat
1 FU Ber Kp
Seat of the staff Bülach-blazon.svg Bulach
motto performance made of passion
commander
commander Br Thomas A. Frey
Deputy Colonel i Gst Thomas Wick
Directional blasting system R-905 of the Swiss Army

The Command Support Brigade 41 (FU Br 41) is the largest brigade in the Swiss Army . The Command Support Organization (CSO) assuming that it operates proprietary management systems ( headquarters ) and provides advanced communications and information systems ready for the leadership of military and subsidiary operations. In addition, she provides services in the field of cryptology , translation and interpreting (language specialists). The brigade was established on January 1, 2004 as part of the XXI Army Reform. After having been led from Bern for years, the command of FU Br 41 moved to Bülach on April 1, 2009, to the barracks there. The FU Br 41 has been led by Brigadier Thomas A. Frey since January 1, 2020 . His predecessor was Brigadier Germaine Seewer (July 1, 2018 to December 31, 2019).

Leadership support

The term command support (FU) includes all infrastructures, aids and services required for the management of operations. Users are provided with a safe and secure working environment with communication and information systems. The FU Br 41 is divided into three areas:

  • Headquarters area (HQ) : The state government and the army must be able to command and coordinate the necessary forces and organizations in disasters, crises and conflicts, but also to secure major events. To this end, the HQ battalions maintain and operate protected command systems around the clock.
  • Directional beam area (Ristl) : The directional beam battalions operate telecommunications and IT systems for the fastest possible processing and secure distribution of voice, data and image information. Depending on requirements, they use permanently installed or mobile systems.
  • Area Electronic Warfare (EW) : As a means of obtaining security politically and militarily significant information, the electronic reconnaissance in modern conflict situations serves. The specialists in the EKF departments work with systems that enable the detection, evaluation and disruption of external electromagnetic emissions (mainly wireless telecommunications).

assignment

The mission of FU Br 41 is divided into four main tasks:

  • Operate the army's communications networks
  • Operation of the command systems of the state government and the army
  • Operation of systems for electronic warfare
  • Provision of services and systems for special tasks (IT, cryptology and language specialists)

Former assignment

The FU Br 41 operated the embassy radio until it was shut down in January 2015.

Calls

This can be purely military operations in crises and conflicts, but also operations to support civil authorities in disasters or to secure major events. Well-known examples of FU Br 41 deployments are the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos and the 2008 European Football Championship (Euro'08) in Basel, Bern, Geneva and Zurich. But the Patrouille des Glaciers , the Swiss Raid Commando (SRC) and most of the major exercises by parts of the Swiss Army were supported. The FU Br 41 also had a big appearance at the Comm'08, an exhibition covering the entire field of military command support.

During the Bondo landslide , members of the FU Ber Kp 104 put the warning system on Piz Cengalo back into operation. This made the cleanup possible.

structure

Further development of the army (WEA)

As of January 1, 2018, when the wind turbine comes into force, the brigade is structured as follows:

  • Command Support Battalions (FU Bat)
    • FU Bat 41
  • Electronics / Electronic Warfare Departments (Elo / EKF Abt)
    • Elo abbot 46
    • EKF Dept. 51
    • EKF Dept. 52
  • Directional Beam Battalions (Ristl Bat)
    • Ristl Bat 4 (Type A + 2 MRS Kp)
    • Ristl Bat 16 (Type B)
    • Ristl Bat 17 (Type B)
    • Ristl Bat 21 (Type B)
    • Ristl Bat 32 (Type B)
  • Headquarters Battalions (HQ Bat)
    • HQ Bat 11
    • HQ Bat 22
    • HQ Bat 25
  • Management support standby company (FU Ber Kp)
    • FU Ber Kp 104

Army XXI

With around 12,000 members, the FU Br 41 was the largest brigade in the Swiss Army during Army XXI . In addition to the brigade staff, it was divided into the following 14 active battalions and departments:

  • Command Support Battalions (FU Bat)
    • FU Bat 41
  • Headquarters Battalions (HQ Bat)
    • HQ Bat 11
    • HQ Bat 22
    • HQ Bat 25
  • Directional Beam Battalions (Ristl Bat)
    • Ristl Bat 4
    • Ristl Bat 16
    • Ristl Bat 17th
    • Ristl Bat 19th
    • Ristl Bat 20th
    • Ristl Bat 21
    • Ristl Bat 32
  • Electronic Warfare Departments (EKF Abt)
    • EKF Dept 46
    • EKF Dept. 51
    • EKF Dept. 52
  • Reserves
    • HQ Bat 27
    • Ristl Bat 22
    • Ristl Bat 23
    • EKF Dept. 54

Command support standby company

For operations, the FU Br 41 is also subordinated to the command support readiness company 104 (FU Ber Kp 104). The FU Ber Kp 104 is a conscripts formation . The training responsibility of the Kp is carried out by the training association telematics 61, which belongs to the teaching association leadership support 30 .

Disbanded battalions

At the end of 2014, 3 battalions were dissolved: Ristl Bat 18, HQ Bat 23 and EKF Abt 53.

List of commanders

  1. Willy Siegenthaler (January 1, 2004 to June 30, 2009)
  2. Bernhard Bütler (July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2015)
  3. Marco Schmidlin (July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2018)
  4. Germaine Seewer (July 1, 2018 to December 31, 2019)
  5. Thomas A. Frey (since January 1, 2020)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Organization of the leadership support base. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 13, 2011 ; Retrieved July 8, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.vtg.admin.ch
  2. Jump up ↑ Mutations of Senior Army Officers. GS VBS, May 9, 2015, accessed on July 6, 2018 .
  3. ^ Organization of the 41st Command Support Brigade. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 4, 2009 ; Retrieved July 8, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.vtg.admin.ch
  4. ^ Order of the 41st Command Support Brigade. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 4, 2009 ; Retrieved July 8, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.vtg.admin.ch
  5. Nobody transmits SOS anymore. Tages Anzeiger, January 14, 2015, accessed May 8, 2019 .
  6. Selected operations of the 41st Command Support Brigade. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 25, 2009 ; Retrieved July 8, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.vtg.admin.ch
  7. The FU Br 41 at the Comm '08. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 26, 2009 ; Retrieved July 8, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.vtg.admin.ch
  8. The mountain keeps moving. SRF Tagesschau, September 2, 2017, accessed on November 27, 2018 .
  9. ^ Rockslide Bondo - A military formation in serious use. Officer's Society of the University of Freiburg, Bulletin No. 4 / FS 2018, April 12, 2018, accessed on November 27, 2018 .
  10. Thomas Wick: The FU Brigade 41 / SKS in the WEA , in: ASMZ: Sicherheit Schweiz: Allgemeine Schweizerische Militärzeitschrift, No. 08 - August 2018 - 184th year
  11. ^ FU Br 41 - The brigade of information and communication technology. (PDF; 1.4 MB) (No longer available online.) Command FU Br 41, archived from the original on May 4, 2009 ; Retrieved March 15, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.vtg.admin.ch
  12. ↑ Annual report of the FU Br 41 / SKS. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 11, 2015 ; accessed on December 30, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.vtg.admin.ch