Operational Leadership Command for intervention forces

Command operational management intervention forces - KdoOpFüEingrKr -
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active	October 7, 2005 to July 1, 2013
Country	Germany
Armed forces	armed forces
Organizational area	Force Base
Subordinate troops	Support Battalion KdoOpFüEingrKr
Insinuation	Force Base Inspector
Stationing place	Ulm
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Commander	Lieutenant General Richard Rossmanith
Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff	Major General Klaus Habersetzer
Deputy Chief of Staff Operations	Flotilla Admiral Markus Krause-Traudes

The Command Operative Leadership for Intervention Forces ( KdoOpFüEingrKr ) was from 2005 to 2013 an office of the armed forces base of the Bundeswehr based in Ulm . It provided personnel and material to lead multinational land, air and naval forces of the European Union on missions abroad in a spectrum from humanitarian and peacekeeping operations to combat missions. The Operative Command Intervention Forces did not actually conduct missions abroad or take part in them.

history

The Command Operative Leadership for Intervention Forces was established in October 2005 from parts of the II. German-American Corps . Since July 2006, the command was part of the armed forces base. In July 2013, the command was transferred to the new Multinational Command Operational Command .

background

For global crisis intervention, the EU can fall back on the armed forces of its member countries with a strength of up to 60,000 soldiers within the framework of the Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP). Germany has committed itself to a contribution of up to 18,000 soldiers and to lead these forces.

tasks

With the KdoOpFüEingrKr, the Bundeswehr provided personnel and material for a headquarters which, if necessary, could conduct military operations within a very short time. For operations within the scope of the CSDP , for example when an EU battlegroup was activated , the command could be used both at the strategic military level as Operation Headquarters (OHQ) and at the operational level as Force Headquarters (FHQ).

Use as Operation Headquarters (OHQ)

An OHQ reports directly to the relevant political leadership body of the EU, the Political and Security Committee (PSK) . The main task of the OHQ is to implement the policy requirements in military instructions and orders. A requirement can, for example, be the safeguarding of an election in one state. The OHQ translates this political demand into an overall military concept and identifies the necessary forces. For example, the EU mission in the Congo ( EUFOR RD Congo ) was carried out from the OHQ in Potsdam provided by Germany .

In July 2009 the KdoOpFüEingrKr took over this task from the operational command . In one operation, it would have used the fixed infrastructure in the Henning von Tresckow barracks in Potsdam. Necessary facilities such as an operations center with satellite connections for worldwide communication are available there. In addition to the staff of the Ulm Command, reinforcement forces from other EU countries were called in. The number of staff at the OHQ depends on the type and scope of the mission.

Use as Force Headquarters (FHQ)

The Force Headquarters (FHQ) of the KdoOpFüEingrKr in modular construction from tents during an exercise

The task of Force Headquarters (FHQ) at the operational level means that the strategic, military-political specifications are implemented in concrete orders and plans for the armed forces involved. In extreme cases, the FHQ leads troops up to a total strength of 60,000 men. These are put together modularly depending on the type of operation and can include land, air, naval and special forces.

The FHQ is relocating to the country of deployment or in its vicinity in order to lead the forces from there. Tents and containers are available for the command post .

The command also involved police forces and employees from governmental and non-governmental organizations at an early stage in its exercises.

organization

The KdoOpFüEingrKr was subordinate to the Deputy Inspector General of the Bundeswehr and Inspector of the Armed Forces Base , for the deployment to the Bundeswehr Operations Command.

The KdoOpFüEingrKr was led by a commander with the rank of lieutenant general . It was supported by a staff made up of around 280 soldiers from all branches of the armed forces from eight nations and made up as follows:

• legal advisor
• Controlling
• Press and information center
• Chief Medical Officer

The chief of staff coordinated the work of the command staff . The Central Coordination Department (Koord) assisted him directly.

Due to the complexity and the operational requirements, the command was divided into the two areas of operations and support :

The operations sub-area headed by the Deputy Chief of Staff Operations was structured as follows:

• Military Intelligence and Geoinformation (J2)
• Operation lead (J3)
• Planning and further development (J5)
• Training and exercises (J7)
• Civil-Military Cooperation (J9)
• Pioneer deployment, ordnance defense, infrastructure (JEngr).

The support sub-area headed by the Deputy Head of Support was structured as follows:

• Human Resources Department (J1)
• Logistics (J4)
• IT and communication services (J6)
• Operation Financing (J8)
• Medical advice (JMed).

In terms of troops, the KdoOpFüEingrKr was responsible for the support battalion Command Operational Leadership, intervention forces with around 700 soldiers. Modular multinational armed forces were subordinated to him for the mission.

Internal renaming

From mid-2009 to mid-2010, the KdoOpFüEingrKr used the designation “KdoOpFü” without the addition “eingrKr” in correspondence and in PowerPoint presentations. This designation was not coordinated with the Bundeswehr leadership and also not approved by an official body. It goes back to the personal ideas of the commander at the time. The command continues to use the English name “Response Forces Operations Command”, which corresponds to the abbreviation “KdoOpFüEingrKr”.

Commander

No.	Surname	Beginning of the appointment	End of appointment
4th	Lieutenant General Richard Rossmanith	December 18, 2012	July 1, 2013 (1)
3	Lieutenant General Markus Bentler	September 30, 2010	December 18, 2012
2	Lieutenant General Wolf-Dieter Langheld	December 10, 2008	September 30, 2010
1	Lieutenant General Jan Oerding	October 7, 2005	December 10, 2008

⁽¹⁾ Then: Multinational Command Operational Leadership

Sponsorships

• Historic vigilante guard Ehingen

Web links

• Command Operational Leadership Intervention Forces ( Memento from January 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ulm Command “Lighthouse Project of NATO”. Force Base, accessed July 4, 2013 . 
2. ↑ Command Operational Management, intervention forces take on additional tasks. In: stakes. Bundeswehr, June 25, 2009, accessed on September 9, 2014 . 

Coordinates: 48 ° 25 ′ 1 ″  N , 9 ° 59 ′ 0 ″  E