Army logistics school (Armed Forces)
The Army Logistics School (HLogS) is the largest technical school in the Austrian Armed Forces . It was established in 1972 and operates training centers at six locations in Vienna , Zwölfaxing and Großmittel , whereby the HLogS command, together with the business, military and technical service teaching groups, is housed in the Vega-Payer-Weyprecht barracks in Vienna.
history
On May 1, 1958, the Army Technical College was founded in the former large Breitenseerkaserne, today's Vega-Payer-Weyprecht-Kaserne. The task of this school was to carry out the entire technical training with the exception of the area of aviation technology. It existed until November 5, 1972 as an independent technical school. In the autumn of 1958, the Aviation Technical School was set up at Vogler Air Base in Hörsching and entrusted with the training of the aviation personnel. It existed until August 31, 1969. On June 15, 1960, the Army Economics School was set up in the collegiate barracks with the task of training business and field cook staff . Subsequently, the training of the law firm NCOs was added. The school existed until it was merged with the Army Supply School. The Army Supply School, which was established with effect from June 1, 1961, emerged from the former training department of the Supply Department. She trained the field and supply personnel. They were also accommodated in the large Breitensee barracks.
In the course of the army reform, on May 15, 1968, the Army Supply School was merged with the Army Business School, of which Colonel of the Administrative Service Hermann Weihmann-Busch was appointed. The school was housed in the Graf Radetzky barracks , the teaching and experimental kitchen remained in the Maria Theresien barracks . The Aviation Technical School in Hörsching was dissolved on August 31, 1969 and merged with the Army Technical School on September 1, 1969. It was reclassified to the 2nd Aviation Technology Training Company, which also runs the boarding school of the Federal College for Aviation Technology. In the course of the further build-up of the army, a central training center for all supply services with the exception of the medical service was to be created from the army supplies and business school and the army technical school. The aim was to concentrate care training at one training facility, thereby saving infrastructure and deepening cooperation between the individual care areas. The organizational form created in the course of this planning was approved and has remained almost unchanged to this day.
On November 6, 1972, the two schools were merged to form the Army Supply School, whose first commandant Wilhelm Höck was appointed. Friedrich Schörgi was appointed deputy school commandant, who also succeeded as school commandant with effect from November 1, 1979. He headed the school until June 30, 1985. On September 2, 1985, Hannes Froschauer took over command of the Army Supply School. He headed the school until his retirement on March 31, 2000. Since July 1, 2000, the Army Supply School has been run by Dieter Jocham. On January 1, 2002, the Army Driving School was integrated into the HLogS.
On July 1, 2009, the HVS was renamed the Army Logistics School during a ceremony.
On October 30, 2018, on the occasion of the retirement of Dieter Jocham, the command of the Army Logistics School was handed over to Stefan Lampl.
Responsibilities and staff
The HLogS has the task of training all supply services, with the exception of the medical service, and is also entrusted with the training, further education and training of officers , NCOs and civil servants, both active and in the militia. In addition, she is entrusted with the implementation of apprenticeship training and the management of a foreman school, as well as with the implementation of the basic work, such as the creation of regulations, leaflets, learning aids, etc. This order is currently being implemented under the leadership of the school commandant with a staff department and four institutes. The workforce today includes around 230 officers, NCOs, contract and civil servants and federal teachers. The Army Logistics School also performs the tasks of an innovation center by taking care of the further development of the individual departments as well as maintaining internationality and the required compatibility. In addition, the HLogS represents a competence center for the Austrian Armed Forces, in that it provides specialist information on all supply services that can be queried or retrieved at any time.