Chief Medical Officer

Chief Medical Officer
	Rank badges for doctors
Rank group	Generals
NATO rank code	OF-8
Rank Army / Air Force	Chief Medical Officer
Marine rank	Admiral Chief Staff Officer
Abbreviation (in lists)	GenOStArzt (GOSA)
Grade	B 9 according to BBesO

Doctor General Ingo Patschke (right)

General Oberstabsarzt is a rank for medical officers .

Germany

armed forces

The General Oberstabsarzt is one of the ranks of the Bundeswehr . General Staff physicians are medical officers with a license to practice as a doctor . The rank of General Oberstabsarzt is determined by the Federal President with the order of the Federal President on the rank designations and the uniform of the soldiers on the basis of the Soldiers Act .

Positions

As a rule, the chief medical officer is exclusively the inspector of the medical service . He heads the Bundeswehr Medical Service Command and the Bundeswehr Central Medical Service . He is the highest technical superior in the medical service of the Bundeswehr and all medical officers in the Bundeswehr.

appointment

The legal basis for the appointment as senior staff doctor is set by the Soldiers' Career Ordinance (SLV) and, in addition, the Central Service Regulations (ZDv) 20/7. In detail, however, the careers there are only regulated up to the rank of senior physician . The appointment as chief medical officer, on the other hand, is essentially a decision to be made by the employer on the basis of the suitability, qualifications and performance of the soldier, which is hardly subject to any further requirements. In practice, only professional officers who have a license to practice medicine and who have at least the medical expertise of a senior physician are appointed as general senior staff physician. According to the Soldier Career Ordinance, the ranks should be passed through regularly in the order described in the order of the Federal President and a minimum period of service in the previous rank of at least one year should be the rule; General Oberstabsärzte had previously been general physicians in practice for several years. There is no special examination to be taken before promotion to the rank of generals; In practice, however, general staff doctors have mostly completed the general staff / admiralty staff course at the command academy of the Bundeswehr .

Rank badge

The rank badge for General Oberstabsärzte corresponds essentially to that for Lieutenant General . Additional career badges in the form of a staff of Aesculapia are used to distinguish between the General Oberstabsärzte . In the career badge for doctors, the snake winds in a double twist , for dentists in a single twist around the staff.

history

The rank was newly created with the sixth order of the Federal President on the rank designations and the uniform of soldiers from May 5, 1966.

Others

With regard to the power of command within the meaning of the Superiors Ordinance and Military Disciplinary Code , with regard to salary and with regard to equivalent, subordinate and superordinate ranks within the meaning of ZDv 14/5, general chief medical officers are, moreover, on an equal footing with lieutenant general . When it comes to medical issues, in particular, medical officers are often the superiors of higher-ranking soldiers. In the order of promotion to be regularly followed according to the Soldiers' Career Ordinance and ZDv 20/7, the senior staff doctor is the senior general staff doctor . In the careers for medical officers, the chief staff officer is the top grade; further promotion within this career is no longer permitted. Therefore, there is no rank for a medical officer that equals the rank of the general . Only Army and Air Force uniform wearers hold the rank of General Oberstabsarzt ; the corresponding rank for naval uniform bearers is the Admiral's chief officer .

Officer rank
Lower rank		Higher rank
Major General Rear Admiral General Staff Doctor Admiral Staff Doctor	Lieutenant General Vice Admiral Chief Medical Officer Admiral Chief Medical Officer	General Admiral n.v. nv
Rank group : Teams-NCOs-NCO-NCOs-Lieutenant-Captains-Staff officers-Generals See also : Ranks and Rank Badges of the Bundeswehr

Wehrmacht

Doctor General
Army (Wehrmacht)

Collar embroidery
(arabesque)

Shoulder piece with Aesculapian staff

Badge of rank human medicine

The General Oberstabsarzt was a general rank in the army and air force of the German Wehrmacht. In both branches of the armed forces, the general officer was the same rank as the general of the armed forces . The equivalent rank in the Navy was the Admiral's Chief Staff Officer . A staff of Aesculapius was attached to the corresponding shoulder pieces between the two general stars . In the Waffen-SS , the Obergruppenführer and General of the Waffen-SS were comparable .

In the Wehrmacht , Siegfried Handloser attained the rank of General Oberstabsarzt , who also became chief of the Wehrmacht medical services in the Wehrmacht High Command from July 28, 1942 . The rank of chief admiralty was held by the chief medical officer of the Navy . The equivalent of the chief medical officer of the Kriegsmarine were the army medical inspector and the air force medical inspector .

Austria-Hungary

Chief Medical Officer Dr. Joseph Kerzl , 1912

The Austro-Hungarian armed forces also knew the rank of chief medical officer. For example, Joseph Ritter von Kerzl (1841-1919), the long-time personal physician of Emperor Franz Joseph I , held this rank. In the land forces of Austria-Hungary , the rank of a general chief staff physician corresponded to that of a field marshal lieutenant .

United States of America

The U.S. armed forces have the following comparable ranks:

literature

Neumann, Alexander: Doctors are always fighters - The Army Medical Inspection and the "Chief of the Wehrmacht Medical Service" in World War II (1939-1945) , 2005. ISBN 3-7700-1618-1
Süß, Winfried: The "People's Body" in War: Health Policy, Health Conditions and Sick Murder in National Socialist Germany 1939-1945 , 2003. ISBN 3-486-56719-5

Remarks

↑ Left: Rank badge on the shoulder flap of the jacket of the service suit for army uniform wearers (human medicine). Right: Rank badge on the shoulder flap of the jacket of the service suit for air force uniform wearers (human medicine).

↑ ^a ^b ^c The stage manager in dentistry , the highest specialist supervisor of all dentists , was previously a general doctor (or admiralty ) and will in future be senior doctor (or fleet doctor ). In the future, the highest grade that dentists can achieve is the senior physician (or fleet physician ) for the time being. There have not yet been any dentists in the rank of general staff doctor or general senior staff doctor (or admiral (senior) staff doctor) in the Bundeswehr and will not exist until further notice. ZDv 37/10 “Suit regulations for soldiers in the Bundeswehr”, ZDv 20/7 “Regulations for the transport and for the recruitment, acceptance and admission of soldiers”, the order of the Federal President on the rankings and uniforms of soldiers as well as the Soldiers' Career Ordinance do not prevent dentists from being appointed (and marking their rank) as General Oberstabsarzt (or Admiral Oberstabsarzt), but the establishment plan and budget do not provide for a corresponding position .

↑ Alternatively, it can also be dressed by an admiralty doctor.

↑ In principle, soldiers on a temporary basis , professional soldiers and reservists can be appointed as General Oberstabsarzt, although in practice (especially in times of peace) almost only professional officers who are specialists in a medical field are promoted to the General Oberstabsarzt . The appointment of general senior staff doctors d. R. is analogous to the → Brigadier General d. Usually conceivable, but almost impossible in practice. General Oberstabsärzte a. D. are also reservists . However, they are usually not promoted and do not do military exercises. In practice, the promotion of a reservist to the General Oberstabsarzt (and their onward promotion) is also excluded because no corresponding posts have been planned and therefore no corresponding (non-formally) required appointment can be made in the sense of the Soldiers' Career Ordinance in conjunction with ZDv 20/7 . In the sense of the Soldiers' Career Ordinance, membership of one of the careers for medical officers is obvious, although this can only be inferred implicitly, because all general practitioners continue to be counted among the medical officers in accordance with the order of the Federal President . Within the scope of the Soldiers ' Career Ordinance, medical officers can only be promoted within one of the medical officers' careers. Even if the career paths of the career group beyond the senior physician are not described in more detail in the Soldiers' Career Ordinance, promotion to a medical officer grade of the rank group of the generals is carried out analogously in continuation of one of the careers for medical officers, who must be licensed as a doctor according to the Soldier's Career Ordinance.

↑ Minimum service periods since being appointed to a previous rank are therefore not formally required. Theoretically, the rank of Chief Medical Officer could also be achieved shortly after being appointed Chief Medical Officer, General Doctor or General Staff Doctor; Theoretically, it is also possible to be employed with the rank of Chief Medical Officer. A rare example of one of these "special cases", which would be fully transferable to army and air force uniforms and the rank of general surgeon, is Ulrich Weisser , who was initially appointed flotilla admiral in 1992 and was appointed vice admiral that same year . Weisser skipped the rank of rear admiral , cf. Hans Ehlert : A life for the Bundeswehr. Mine sweeper, super brain, gray eminence. In: FAZ.NET . Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH, Werner D'Inka , Berthold Kohler , Günther Nonnenmacher , Holger Steltzner , May 6, 2011, accessed on August 15, 2014 (first edition in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of April 27, 2011. No. 97 / page 8) .

↑ ZDv 20/7 on the basis of Section 44 of the Soldiers ' Career Ordinance ( Ordinance on the Careers of Soldiers (Soldiers' Career Ordinance - SLV) . March 19, 2002, Section 44 ( online [accessed on March 25, 2014] Newly drafted by Bek. V. 19 August 2011 I 1813. Last amended by Art. 2 Paragraph 5 G of April 8, 2013 I 730). )

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Hartmut Bagger , Command Staff of the Armed Forces I 3, Federal Ministry of Defense (Ed.): ZDv 37/10. Suit regulations for soldiers in the Bundeswehr . July 1996. Reprint from October 2008. Bonn July 16, 2008, 4 labels, p. 539 ( digital version (PDF; 3.5 MB) - reprint October 2008 replaces first edition from July 1996). Digitized version ( memento of the original from September 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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@ 2
↑ ^a ^b The Federal Minister of Defense (ed.): ZDv 14/5. Soldiers Act . DSK AV110100174, change status July 17, 2008. Bonn August 21, 1978, rank designations in the Bundeswehr, p. B 185 (Not to be confused with the Law on the Legal Status of Soldiers (Soldiers Law) ).
^ Agreed English texts. STANAG 2116 . NATO standardization agreement (STANAG) . NATO codes for grades of military personnel. 5th edition. 1992 ( NATO Rank Codes - 1992 [accessed March 25, 2014] English).
↑ ^a ^b ^c The Federal President (Ed.): Order of the Federal President on the rank designations and the uniform of the soldiers . BPresUnifAnO. July 14, 1978 ( PDF - Order of the Federal President on the rank designations and uniforms of soldiers from July 14, 1978 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 1067 ), last amended by Article 1 of the order of May 31, 1996 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 746 ) has been changed).
^ Federal Minister of Defense ; Command Staff of the Armed Forces IV 1 (Ed.): Abbreviations for use in the Bundeswehr - German Abbreviations - ZDv 64/10 . Bonn January 19, 1979 ( PDF - as of September 17, 1999).
↑ ^a ^b Appendix I (to § 20, paragraph 2, sentence 1) Bundesbesoldungsgesetz orders of A and B . ( Online [accessed on March 25, 2014] Federal salary regulations (BBesO) only apply to professional and temporary soldiers and are an annex to the Federal Salary Act (BBesG)).
↑ The Federal Minister of Defense (ed.): Law on the legal status of soldiers (Soldiers Act - SG) . Bonn March 19, 1956, § 4 Paragraph 3 (2) - ( PDF [accessed on March 25, 2014] Revised by notice of May 30, 2005 I 1482. Last amended by Art. 1 G of April 8 2013 I 730).
↑ ^a ^b Ordinance on the Careers of Soldiers (Soldiers' Careers Ordinance - SLV) . March 19, 2002 ( online [accessed on March 25, 2014] revised by notice of August 19, 2011 I 1813. Last amended by Art. 2 Par. 5 G of April 8, 2013 I 730).
↑ Note also: Annex (to § 3). Allocation of the career paths of the soldiers to the career groups of the men and women, the NCOs and the officers
↑ ^a ^b The Federal Minister of Defense ; Personnel, Social and Central Affairs Department (Ed.): ZDv 20/7. Provisions for the transport and for the recruitment, acceptance and admission of soldiers . Bonn March 27, 2002, Art. 635 ( PDF ( memento of October 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) [accessed on March 26, 2014] DSK AP210100187, reprint January 2008). [[Central Service Regulations | ZDv]] 20/7. Regulations for the transport and for the recruitment, takeover and admission of soldiers ( memento of the original from October 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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@ 2
^ Federal President Heinrich Lübke et al .: Sixth order of the Federal President on the rank designations and the uniform of soldiers from May 5, 1966 . In: Federal Law Gazette Part 1 . tape 1966 , 20 of May 13, 1966. Bonn May 5, 1966, p. 325 ff . ( Online [PDF; accessed May 12, 2015]).
↑ ^a ^b Federal Minister of Defense (ed.): Ordinance on the regulation of the military superior relationship (Superior Ordinance - VorgV) . June 4, 1956 ( online [accessed on March 25, 2014] last amended by Art. 1 No. 2 V of October 7, 1981 I 1129).
^ Military disciplinary code (WDO). In: Laws on the Internet . Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection , August 16, 2001, accessed on November 5, 2014 (from August 16, 2001 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 2093 ), last amended by Article 7 of the Act of August 28, 2013 ( Federal Law Gazette I p . 3386 ) has been changed).
↑ ^a ^b The equivalent, higher and lower ranks are given in accordance with ZDv 14/5 B 185, cf. The Federal Minister of Defense (ed.): ZDv 14/5. Soldiers Act . DSK AV110100174, change status July 17, 2008. Bonn August 21, 1978, rank designations in the Bundeswehr, p. B 185 (Not to be confused with the Law on the Legal Status of Soldiers (Soldiers Act) . The order of the ranks shown in the info box does not necessarily correspond to one of the regular rank sequences provided for in the Soldiers' Career Ordinance , nor does it necessarily correspond to the rank hierarchy described in the Superiors Ordinance a managerial relationship ).

↑ Hedwig Abraham: Graves in the Hietzinger Friedhof: Dr. Josef Kerzl. (Accessed September 9, 2012).

[2] Left: Rank badge on the shoulder flap of the jacket of the service suit for army uniform wearers (human medicine). Right: Rank badge on the shoulder flap of the jacket of the service suit for air force uniform wearers (human medicine).

[Goldzahn-8] The stage manager in dentistry , the highest specialist supervisor of all dentists , was previously a general doctor (or admiralty ) and will in future be senior doctor (or fleet doctor ). In the future, the highest grade that dentists can achieve is the senior physician (or fleet physician ) for the time being. There have not yet been any dentists in the rank of general staff doctor or general senior staff doctor (or admiral (senior) staff doctor) in the Bundeswehr and will not exist until further notice. ZDv 37/10 “Suit regulations for soldiers in the Bundeswehr”, ZDv 20/7 “Regulations for the transport and for the recruitment, acceptance and admission of soldiers”, the order of the Federal President on the rankings and uniforms of soldiers as well as the Soldiers' Career Ordinance do not prevent dentists from being appointed (and marking their rank) as General Oberstabsarzt (or Admiral Oberstabsarzt), but the establishment plan and budget do not provide for a corresponding position .

[AdmA-10] Alternatively, it can also be dressed by an admiralty doctor.

[11] In principle, soldiers on a temporary basis , professional soldiers and reservists can be appointed as General Oberstabsarzt, although in practice (especially in times of peace) almost only professional officers who are specialists in a medical field are promoted to the General Oberstabsarzt . The appointment of general senior staff doctors d. R. is analogous to the → Brigadier General d. Usually conceivable, but almost impossible in practice. General Oberstabsärzte a. D. are also reservists . However, they are usually not promoted and do not do military exercises. In practice, the promotion of a reservist to the General Oberstabsarzt (and their onward promotion) is also excluded because no corresponding posts have been planned and therefore no corresponding (non-formally) required appointment can be made in the sense of the Soldiers' Career Ordinance in conjunction with ZDv 20/7 . In the sense of the Soldiers' Career Ordinance, membership of one of the careers for medical officers is obvious, although this can only be inferred implicitly, because all general practitioners continue to be counted among the medical officers in accordance with the order of the Federal President . Within the scope of the Soldiers ' Career Ordinance, medical officers can only be promoted within one of the medical officers' careers. Even if the career paths of the career group beyond the senior physician are not described in more detail in the Soldiers' Career Ordinance, promotion to a medical officer grade of the rank group of the generals is carried out analogously in continuation of one of the careers for medical officers, who must be licensed as a doctor according to the Soldier's Career Ordinance.

[12] Minimum service periods since being appointed to a previous rank are therefore not formally required. Theoretically, the rank of Chief Medical Officer could also be achieved shortly after being appointed Chief Medical Officer, General Doctor or General Staff Doctor; Theoretically, it is also possible to be employed with the rank of Chief Medical Officer. A rare example of one of these "special cases", which would be fully transferable to army and air force uniforms and the rank of general surgeon, is Ulrich Weisser , who was initially appointed flotilla admiral in 1992 and was appointed vice admiral that same year . Weisser skipped the rank of rear admiral , cf. Hans Ehlert : A life for the Bundeswehr. Mine sweeper, super brain, gray eminence. In: FAZ.NET . Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH, Werner D'Inka , Berthold Kohler , Günther Nonnenmacher , Holger Steltzner , May 6, 2011, accessed on August 15, 2014 (first edition in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of April 27, 2011. No. 97 / page 8) .

[16] ZDv 20/7 on the basis of Section 44 of the Soldiers ' Career Ordinance ( Ordinance on the Careers of Soldiers (Soldiers' Career Ordinance - SLV) . March 19, 2002, Section 44 ( online [accessed on March 25, 2014] Newly drafted by Bek. V. 19 August 2011 I 1813. Last amended by Art. 2 Paragraph 5 G of April 8, 2013 I 730). )

[ZDV2008-1] Hartmut Bagger , Command Staff of the Armed Forces I 3, Federal Ministry of Defense (Ed.): ZDv 37/10. Suit regulations for soldiers in the Bundeswehr . July 1996. Reprint from October 2008. Bonn July 16, 2008, 4 labels, p. 539 ( digital version (PDF; 3.5 MB) - reprint October 2008 replaces first edition from July 1996). Digitized version ( memento of the original from September 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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@ 2

[SG-3] The Federal Minister of Defense (ed.): ZDv 14/5. Soldiers Act . DSK AV110100174, change status July 17, 2008. Bonn August 21, 1978, rank designations in the Bundeswehr, p. B 185 (Not to be confused with the Law on the Legal Status of Soldiers (Soldiers Law) ).

[STANAG-4] Agreed English texts. STANAG 2116 . NATO standardization agreement (STANAG) . NATO codes for grades of military personnel. 5th edition. 1992 ( NATO Rank Codes - 1992 [accessed March 25, 2014] English).

[BPräsUnifAnO-5] The Federal President (Ed.): Order of the Federal President on the rank designations and the uniform of the soldiers . BPresUnifAnO. July 14, 1978 ( PDF - Order of the Federal President on the rank designations and uniforms of soldiers from July 14, 1978 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 1067 ), last amended by Article 1 of the order of May 31, 1996 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 746 ) has been changed).

[Abkrz-6] Federal Minister of Defense ; Command Staff of the Armed Forces IV 1 (Ed.): Abbreviations for use in the Bundeswehr - German Abbreviations - ZDv 64/10 . Bonn January 19, 1979 ( PDF - as of September 17, 1999).

[BBesO-7] Appendix I (to § 20, paragraph 2, sentence 1) Bundesbesoldungsgesetz orders of A and B . ( Online [accessed on March 25, 2014] Federal salary regulations (BBesO) only apply to professional and temporary soldiers and are an annex to the Federal Salary Act (BBesG)).

[9] The Federal Minister of Defense (ed.): Law on the legal status of soldiers (Soldiers Act - SG) . Bonn March 19, 1956, § 4 Paragraph 3 (2) - ( PDF [accessed on March 25, 2014] Revised by notice of May 30, 2005 I 1482. Last amended by Art. 1 G of April 8 2013 I 730).

[SLV-13] Ordinance on the Careers of Soldiers (Soldiers' Careers Ordinance - SLV) . March 19, 2002 ( online [accessed on March 25, 2014] revised by notice of August 19, 2011 I 1813. Last amended by Art. 2 Par. 5 G of April 8, 2013 I 730).

[Anlage-14] Note also: Annex (to § 3). Allocation of the career paths of the soldiers to the career groups of the men and women, the NCOs and the officers

[20/7-15] The Federal Minister of Defense ; Personnel, Social and Central Affairs Department (Ed.): ZDv 20/7. Provisions for the transport and for the recruitment, acceptance and admission of soldiers . Bonn March 27, 2002, Art. 635 ( PDF ( memento of October 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) [accessed on March 26, 2014] DSK AP210100187, reprint January 2008). [[Central Service Regulations | ZDv]] 20/7. Regulations for the transport and for the recruitment, takeover and admission of soldiers ( memento of the original from October 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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@ 2

[BPräsUnifAnO66-17] Federal President Heinrich Lübke et al .: Sixth order of the Federal President on the rank designations and the uniform of soldiers from May 5, 1966 . In: Federal Law Gazette Part 1 . tape 1966 , 20 of May 13, 1966. Bonn May 5, 1966, p. 325 ff . ( Online [PDF; accessed May 12, 2015]).

[VorgV-18] Federal Minister of Defense (ed.): Ordinance on the regulation of the military superior relationship (Superior Ordinance - VorgV) . June 4, 1956 ( online [accessed on March 25, 2014] last amended by Art. 1 No. 2 V of October 7, 1981 I 1129).

[19] Military disciplinary code (WDO). In: Laws on the Internet . Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection , August 16, 2001, accessed on November 5, 2014 (from August 16, 2001 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 2093 ), last amended by Article 7 of the Act of August 28, 2013 ( Federal Law Gazette I p . 3386 ) has been changed).

[SGBOX-20] The equivalent, higher and lower ranks are given in accordance with ZDv 14/5 B 185, cf. The Federal Minister of Defense (ed.): ZDv 14/5. Soldiers Act . DSK AV110100174, change status July 17, 2008. Bonn August 21, 1978, rank designations in the Bundeswehr, p. B 185 (Not to be confused with the Law on the Legal Status of Soldiers (Soldiers Act) . The order of the ranks shown in the info box does not necessarily correspond to one of the regular rank sequences provided for in the Soldiers' Career Ordinance , nor does it necessarily correspond to the rank hierarchy described in the Superiors Ordinance a managerial relationship ).

[Hedwig_Abraham-21] Hedwig Abraham: Graves in the Hietzinger Friedhof: Dr. Josef Kerzl. (Accessed September 9, 2012).