Army Command

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Army Command
- HFüKdo -
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HFüKdo.svg
active 1994 to October 2012
Country Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Armed forces armed forces
Armed forces Bundeswehr Logo Heer with lettering.svg army
Type Higher command authority
Seat of the staff Koblenz

The Army Command (HFüKdo) in Koblenz ( Falckenstein barracks ) was one of the three pillars of the Army , along with the Army Office and the Army Support Command . Most of his previous duties were taken over by the Army Command effective October 1, 2012 . The Army Command was disbanded as a result.

As the highest command authority, the Army Command has been in charge of most of the Army's military units since 1994. However, when deployed abroad, the army troops were led by the command and control command of the Bundeswehr in Potsdam . Most recently, around 70,000 army soldiers were subordinate to the subordinate agencies. The Army Command was last under the command of the Army .

Association badge

Except for the missing Roman numeral, the association badge was similar to the association badge of the former corps . It showed the federal eagle as the German sovereign symbol . The color scheme was based on the federal colors. The badge was worn by the military personnel of the staff of the Army Command on the left sleeve of the service suit. The braided black / yellow (black / gold) piping testifies to the position above the divisions of the army, which use silver instead of gold threads.

tasks

The main tasks of the command were:

  • Troop service management of all subordinate units and staffs
  • Troop contributors for operations and exercises
  • Planning and control of the army's training and exercise activities
  • In exceptional cases, conduct smaller operations (otherwise task of the operational command )
  • Performing the "National Territorial Tasks" (see also Territorial Army )

history

Until the 1990s, the German army would have been led in action by NATO . The change in the security situation in Europe due to the collapse of the Soviet Union , however, made a German command command necessary.

After the dissolution of the III. Corps on March 31, 1994, under the command of Lieutenant General Klaus Reinhardt, the Army Command was set up from parts of the Corps staff in the Provincial Tower (Am Wöllershof) and other properties in Koblenz. Since 2001, the divisions of the Army have been directly subordinate to the Army Command, the level of division of the corps has been removed. After the command and control command of the Bundeswehr was set up near Potsdam in 2002 , the German troops deployed abroad are led from there. Before that, from 1995 onwards, the Army Command led operations such as IFOR , SFOR , AFOR and KFOR in the Balkans and ISAF in Afghanistan .

The responsibility for the "National Territorial Tasks" changed on October 1, 2001 from the Army Command to the new Armed Forces Support Command , the new "National Territorial Commander" became the Commander of the Armed Forces Support Command.

As part of the realignment of the Bundeswehr , it was decided that the Army Command would be decommissioned in autumn 2012 and partially transferred to the Army Command in Strausberg, which was newly established on October 1, 2012 .

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Motor vehicle stand

The command was led by a general with the rank of lieutenant general. Since the departure of Lieutenant General Carl-Hubertus von Butler on March 8, 2012, who had commanded the Army Command since March 16, 2009, the Deputy Commander, Lieutenant General Reinhard Kammerer , led the Army Command until it was dissolved. The staff of the command last comprised around 400 soldiers and 50 civilian employees.

Commander
No. Surname Beginning of the appointment End of appointment
6th Lieutenant General Reinhard Kammerer (deputy) March 8, 2012 Fall 2012 (dissolution)
5 Lieutenant General Carl-Hubertus von Butler March 16, 2009 March 8, 2012
4th Lieutenant General Wolfgang Otto June 27, 2005 March 16, 2009
3 Lieutenant General Axel Bürgener March 21, 2002 June 27, 2005
2 Lieutenant General Rüdiger Drews March 27, 1998 March 20, 2002
1 Lieutenant General Klaus Reinhardt April 1, 1994 March 26, 1998
deputy commander
No. Surname Beginning of the appointment End of appointment
9 Major General Reinhard Kammerer June 22, 2010 Fall 2012 (dissolution)
8th Lieutenant General Bruno Kasdorf January 1, 2008 June 22, 2010
7th Major General Christian Trull January 13, 2005 January 1, 2008
6th Major General Wolfgang Korte October 1, 2003 January 13, 2005
5 Major General Peter Nagel September 1, 2002 September 2003
4th Major General Friedrich von Senden March 27, 2001 September 1, 2002
3 Major General Dieter Henninger 2000 March 27, 2001
2 Major General Hubert Gosch January 1, 1995 September 30, 2000
1 Major General Georg Bernhardt April 1, 1994 December 31, 1994
General for national and territorial tasks (GNTA)
No. Surname Beginning of the appointment End of appointment
3 Major General Rainer Jung 2000 2001
2 Major General Alphart von Horn 1999 2000
1 Major General Jakobs ? 1999
Chief of Staff
No. Surname Beginning of the appointment End of appointment
8th Brigadier General Jürgen Setzer May 6, 2011 -
7th Brigadier General Carsten Jacobson August 14, 2009 May 6, 2011
6th Brigadier General Manfred Hofmann 2006 August 14, 2009
5 Brigadier General Bruno Kasdorf October 1, 2003 April 7, 2006
4th Brigadier General Roland Kather 2001 September 2003
3 Brigadier General Wolfgang Korte 1999 2001
2 Brigadier General Axel Bürgener January 1, 1995 1999
1 Brigadier General Klaus Frühhaber April 1, 1994 December 31, 1994

structure

  • G1 : staff, support
  • G2 : Army intelligence, arms control, weather and military geography
  • G3 : Management, planning, preparation for operations, training and exercise planning for the army
  • G4 : Logistic tasks / materials management / maintenance
  • G5 : Civil-Military Cooperation (ZMZ / CIMIC)
  • G6 : Communication / IT / management service
  • Administration : Monitoring and Control of the household
  • KdoArzt : Head of the medical service department, planner / consultant for medical care for the army
  • PIZ : The press and information center of the HFüKdo informs the population and organizes the operations of the music corps .
  • Troop psychology : advising the commander, leading the troop psychologists in the command area, further developing troop psychology
  • Legal advice : legal advice to the commander
  • Controlling / centr. Tasks : cost and Performance calculation (KLR), continuous improvement program (CIP), optimization
  • In addition, the HFüKdo maintains liaison commands to the US Army (JHC in Heidelberg), the French Army, the Dutch Army, the British Army, as well as the Air Force and the German Navy .

Structure of the subordinate areas

The Army Command recently led the following units (New Heer or Heer 2010) , which are listed here up to the level of the Brigade:

In addition, the Army Command was responsible for the following central camps:

Multinational Associations

The command provided troops for EU battlegroups , for the rapid reaction force of NATO and for the United Nations if necessary. If necessary, the Operative Leadership Command of the Armed Forces base led the deployed units. In addition to the permanently present Franco-German Brigade (German part), the Army Command always provided the German part of the staffs and any support forces as well as additional troops if necessary for:

Structure of the Army Command

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Markus Herholt: Farewell: Lieutenant General von Butler is retiring. deutschesheer.de, March 9, 2012, accessed on March 12, 2012 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 22 ′ 20 ″  N , 7 ° 35 ′ 0 ″  E