Naval command

The title of this article is ambiguous. The naval command in Rostock must be distinguished from the former Rostock naval command

Marine Command - MarKdo -
Internal association badge (coat of arms)
Lineup	October 1, 2012
Country	Germany
Armed forces	armed forces
Armed forces	German Navy
Type	Higher command authority
Subordinate troops	EinsFltl 1 EinsFltl 2 MFlgKdo MUKdo
Insinuation	GenInspBw
Seat of the staff	Rostock , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
guide
Navy inspector	Vice Admiral Andreas Krause
Deputy Inspector of the Navy and Commander of the Fleet	Vice Admiral Rainer Brinkmann
Chief of Staff	Rear Admiral Karsten Schneider

The naval command ( MarKdo ) is the staff of the inspector of the navy and the only higher command authority of the German navy . It was set up on October 1st, 2012 in Rostock . The official assembly roll call took place on October 9, 2012.

The naval command consists of the previous naval command and the two higher command authorities, the fleet command and the naval office . The headquarters of the naval command is in Rostock. Other parts are stationed in Glücksburg , Berlin and Wilhelmshaven .

tasks

The naval command is the highest command of the navy. The units of the Navy are subordinate to him.

In addition, the naval command has operational management tasks. It has a Maritime Operations Center / MOC for this purpose. It serves as the operations center for the inspector of the navy in his responsibility as a troop provider for operations and equivalent obligations. It is still housed in the former fleet command in Glücksburg. The new MOC is under construction in Rostock. The MOC includes the German-Polish submarine command cell and the SAR control center .

The Baltic Maritime Component Command (BMCC) will be set up in Rostock as the second command facility within the naval command, and it will be operational after 2020. It is at the same time the core staff of the new DEU MARFOR task force that is currently being set up. BMCC and DEU MARFOR serve as leadership on the upper tactical level. They should have particular expertise in marginal sea operations in the Baltic Sea and therefore work closely with the Center of Excellence for Operations in Confined and Shallow Waters in Kiel.

A reorganization of the naval command came into effect on April 1, 2020. Two new commanders belonging to the command were established and the leadership skills of the chief of staff were strengthened.

structure

The naval command is led by the inspector of the navy in the rank of vice admiral , who is assisted by a deputy in the same rank and the chief of staff in the rank of rear admiral . It is divided into five departments:

• commitment
• Planning, conception
• Personnel, training, organization
• Mission support
• Marine medical service

There are also central bar elements, including

• the commissioner for the general average of the navy,
• the legal advisor ,
• the military chaplaincy
• the Navy's press and information center
• the central office,
• the Berlin office,
• Controlling.

Command and Head of Department

Deputy to the Inspector of the Navy and Commander of the Fleet and Support Forces
No.	Surname	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
3.	Vice Admiral Rainer Brinkmann	23 October 2014	-
2.	Vice Admiral Andreas Krause	1 August 2013	23 October 2014
1.	Vice Admiral Heinrich Lange	October 1, 2012	July 30, 2013

Chief of Staff
No.	Surname	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
3.	Rear Admiral Karsten Schneider	September 21, 2018	-
2.	Rear Admiral Thorsten Kähler	March 1, 2015	September 21, 2018
1.	Rear Admiral Klaus von Dambrowski	October 1, 2012	February 28, 2015

Commander emergency services and department head operations
No.	Surname	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
4th	Rear Admiral Jürgen zur Mühlen	August 1, 2017	-
3.	Rear Admiral Jean Martens	May 1, 2015	July 31, 2017
2.	Rear Admiral Hans-Christian Luther	19th May 2014	April 30, 2015
1.	Rear Admiral Michael Mollenhauer	October 1, 2012	19th May 2014

Head of department planning and conception
No.	Surname	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
2.	Flotilla Admiral Ulrich Reineke	November 1, 2016	-
1.	Flotilla Admiral Jürgen Mannhardt	October 1, 2012	November 1, 2016

Head of Human Resources / Organization / Training
No.	Surname	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
2.	Sea captain Andreas Mügge	1st October 2019	-
1.	Flotilla Admiral Rainer Endres	October 1, 2012	September 30, 2019

Commander Support and Head of Mission Support
No.	Surname	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
3.	Rear Admiral Frank Martin Lenski	January 31, 2017	-
2.	Rear Admiral Karl-Wilhelm Ohlms	August 14, 2014	January 31, 2017
1.	Rear Admiral Horst-Dieter Kolletschke	October 1, 2012	August 14, 2014

Head of the Marine Medical Department
No.	Surname	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
2.	Admiral Doctor Stephan Apel	17th March 2016	-
1.	Admiral doctor Hans-Wolfgang von der Heide-Kattwinkel	October 1, 2012	17th March 2016

Subordinate forces of the Navy

The naval forces subordinate to the naval command are subordinate to the commanders in the naval command or the admiralty doctor of the navy. There are assigned:

Commander emergency services

• Flotilla 1 (EinsFlt 1) in Kiel
• Flotilla 2 (EinsFlt 2) in Wilhelmshaven
• Naval Aviation Command (MFlgKdo) in Nordholz
• Operations training center for marine damage defense (EAZS) in Neustadt in Holstein

Commander support

• Naval Support Command (MUKdo) in Wilhelmshaven
• Naval School Mürwik (MSM) in Flensburg
• Naval NCO School (MUS) in Plön
• Naval Operations School (MOS) in Bremerhaven
• Marine technology school (MTS) in Parow

Admiralty in the Navy

• Maritime Medical Institute of the Navy (SchiffMedInstM) in Kronshagen

literature

• Axel Schimpf : The naval command in Rostock - the navy on course for the future. In: Marineforum 1 / 2-2013, p. 22 ff.
• Ulrich Reineke : German Navy on the way into the coming decade. In: Marineforum 9-2017, p. 4 ff.

Web links

• Official website of the naval command on the website of the German Navy
• Navy personalities on the German Navy website
• Information brochure Marine Command (PDF; 2.9 MB)
• Organization chart MarKdo (PDF; 24 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Marine Command begins work. In: Hamburger Abendblatt . October 1, 2012, accessed May 23, 2014 . 
2. ↑ Press and Information Center Marine: Ceremony for the establishment of the naval command . Bundeswehr, October 9, 2012, accessed on May 23, 2014 . 
3. ^ Official website of the Navy , accessed August 27, 2017
4. ^ German Navy on the way to the coming decade by Ulrich Reineke ; in Marineforum on Nov. 28, 2017
5. ↑ ^{a b c d} Inspector of the Navy; Order of the day for the reorganization of the naval command of March 31, 2020. In: Marineforum / Nachrichten aus den Vereinen der Marine 5-2020, p. 38
6. ↑ Press and Information Center Marine: Personnel changes in the management level of the German Navy. Bundeswehr, October 23, 2014, accessed on October 29, 2014 . 
7. ↑ Press and Information Center Navy: Change in the leadership of the naval command. Bundeswehr, February 19, 2015, accessed on May 22, 2015 . 
8. ↑ Press and Information Center Marine: Personnel changes in the management level of the German Navy. Bundeswehr, April 30, 2015, accessed on May 22, 2015 . 
9. ↑ Jelena Wiedbrauk (Press and Information Center Marine): adoption after nearly 43 years of Navy. Bundeswehr, May 22, 2014, accessed on May 23, 2014 . 
10. ↑ Press and Information Center Marine: "The End of a Military Vita". Bundeswehr, October 10, 2019, accessed on October 31, 2019 . 
11. ↑ Change in the management level of the German Navy. In: The world . August 14, 2014, accessed October 28, 2014 . 
12. ↑ Claudia Thiele: Change at the top of the marine medical service. Bundeswehr, March 18, 2016, accessed April 1, 2016 .