Telecommunication command 900

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Telecommunication
command 900 - FmKdo 900 -

No coats of arms.svg

( did not have an association badge )
active approx. 1982 to 1994
Country GermanyGermany Germany
Armed forces Bundeswehr Kreuz.svg armed forces
Armed forces Bundeswehr Kreuz.svg army
Type Telecommunication command
Insinuation Association badge Army Office
Staff seat Rheinbach

The telecommunications command 900 was one of the telecommunications commands of the territorial army in the army of the German armed forces . The headquarters of the staff was Rheinbach . In peacetime the telecommunications command was subordinate to the Army Office ; in the event of a defense to the Army Telecommunications Command .

assignments

The telecommunications command bundled the units of the telecommunications force at the level of the highest command of the Bundeswehr in order to maintain the connection to the command organs of NATO , to governments of allied or neutral states, within the framework of civil-military cooperation to telecommunications services of other organizations and subordinate authorities . Indirect contact could be maintained via the telecommunication commands 800 , 850 and 600 with the state governments and their subordinate authorities as well as with the army groups CENTAG , NORTHAG and AFNORTH operating in the area of ​​the Federal Republic . One of the main tasks was to ensure communication with the three telecommunications commands of the German territorial commands , which should continue to be managed by the highest command of the Bundeswehr even in the event of a defense . Another task was the connection to the security and supply regiment at the Federal Ministry of Defense, which is directly subordinate to the Federal Ministry, and the networking of the telecommunication centers of the (bunkered) war headquarters of the highest military command staff of the Federal Armed Forces, branches of the armed forces and the constitutional organs of the Federal Republic in the alternative seat of the federal constitutional organs . The OpInfo troop produced and broadcast the radio station for soldiers, Radio Andernach .

Like most units of the Territorial Army , the telecommunications command only grew to its full personnel strength of over 4,500 men in the event of a defense . This was roughly the size of a field army brigade .

structure

Around 1989 the telecommunications command was roughly divided into:

Note: The Luftwaffe command set up its war headquarters in an underground facility near Mechernich and operated its own communications center there.

history

Lineup

Telecommunications Command 900 was set up to take over Army Structure IV by 1982. Essentially, the command telecommunications brigade 900 was reclassified.

resolution

After the end of the cold war , the relaxation of the NATO command structure , the de facto abandonment of the separation of the field - and the territorial army and the establishment of new operational management commands such as Command Operations Command with its own telecommunications has asked the telecommunications command 900 to 1994 out of service. Parts were used to set up the Command Support Brigade 900 .

Association badge

Internal association badge of the staff / staff company

The telecommunications command did not have its own badge due to its planning as a dependent unit of the telecommunications command command of the army or the highest command of the Bundeswehr . The soldiers therefore wore the association badge of the Army Office in peacetime .

As a "badge", the internal association badge of the staff and the staff company " pars pro toto " was sometimes used imprecisely for the entire telecommunications command. As a reference to the stationing area, it showed a black Electoral Cologne cross as in the Rheinbach coat of arms , a parabolic antenna , a stylized antenna, a lightning bolt as in the beret badge of the telecommunications troops and below the flag of Germany , which was also shown in most of the association badges of the highest departments of the Bundeswehr and stood for the national leadership of the territorial army.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b O.W. Dragoons: The Bundeswehr 1989 . Army Office. I. Corps. II Corps. III. Corps. 4th edition. 2.1 - Army, February 2012 ( religte.com [PDF; accessed July 3, 2018]).
  2. ^ OW Dragoon: The Bundeswehr 1989 . Organization and equipment of the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany at the end of the Cold War. 4th edition. Part 3 Air Force Office Air Fleet Command Air Force Support Command, July 2015 ( religte.com [PDF; accessed February 8, 2019]).

Coordinates: 50 ° 37 '  N , 6 ° 57'  E