Naval Support Command (1974-2001)

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The naval support command (MUKdo) was a higher command authority of the German Navy . It was established on October 1, 1974 and disbanded on September 27, 2001. The seat of the MUKdo was Wilhelmshaven . The MUKdo was subordinate to the Inspector of the Navy and served to support the fleet .

history

In the first organizational structure of the German Navy , which was taken over from 1956, there was, in addition to the command of the fleet and the command of naval training (from 1962: Central Naval Command ), a command of the fleet base , which was responsible for the technical and logistical support of the fleet. In 1965 a new structure came into force in which the central naval command and the command of the fleet base were combined to form the naval office (MarA) based in Wilhelmshaven. As early as 1972 it was decided to largely reverse this change and create a new structure similar to the previous one. It came into force in 1974 and is divided into three pillars, each led by a higher command authority :

  • Fleet led by the fleet command
  • Naval Support Command
  • Naval Office

This form of organization corresponded to that of the air force , and the army later adapted to this structure.

In the reorganization, the were material Office of the naval incorporated together with parts of the rod Mara in the bar MUKdo and the former Marine Divisions North Sea and Baltic Sea with effect from 1 April 1975 as the Marine section commands the North Sea and Baltic Sea subject to the MUKdo.

The organization of the MUKdo has been adapted several times over the years to meet new requirements. Major changes were initiated as a result of reunification and came into effect between 1991 and 1993.

In the course of the Bundeswehr reform initiated in 2000 , the Armed Forces Base (SKB) was set up as a new military organizational area. At the same time, large parts of the military medical service were combined in the Central Medical Service of the Bundeswehr (ZSanDst). In the course of this transfer of tasks, the support tasks in the armed forces (TSK) were uniformly combined in a higher command authority, each of which exists as a TSK office alongside a command command. The TSK support commands were disbanded. In the Navy, the Fleet Command and the Naval Office remained as higher command authorities.

As a consequence of this decision, the MUKdo has, among other things, handed over depots and transport units to the SKB and medical units to the ZSanDst. The remaining staff elements were incorporated into the MarA staff, which had meanwhile been relocated to Rostock, to which the MUKdo units remaining in the navy were also subordinated. The MUKdo was decommissioned on September 27, 2001 in Wilhelmshaven.

assignment

The MUKdo was responsible for the central coordination of the Navy's logistic system . The commander MUKdo had overall responsibility for its management and operational capability. Further tasks of the MUKdo were the public-law supervision of the operational security on warships and the implementation of accident investigations . In addition, it had to lead the units under its command.

organization

Structure of the MUKdo staff

The MUKdo staff initially consisted of a general military staff with departments A1 - A4 and San and four specialist departments. The chief of staff had the rank of flotilla admiral and was also deputy to the commander MUKdo.

The four specialist departments were responsible for:

  • Dept. I: Logistic basics, procedures and regulations, material information service
  • Dept. II: Material requirements coverage and management
  • Dept. III: system support, transport and motoring
  • Dept IV: Operation and Technology

With effect from January 1, 1993, the Department of Naval Armaments, previously subordinate to the MarA, was incorporated into the MUKdo as Department V. Department heads III and V were flotilla admirals, the others were sea ​​captains .

Subordinate associations and agencies

From 1975 the MUKdo was responsible for the naval section commands (MAKdo) North Sea in Wilhelmshaven and Baltic Sea in Kiel . Subordinate to each MAKdo

  • several naval bases
  • several material, fuel and ammunition depots
  • a naval transport battalion
  • a marine music corps

The MAKdo North Sea was also initially responsible for the reserve flotilla , which was already being dissolved .

After reunification, the naval logistics facilities in the accession area were initially subordinate to the Rostock Navy Command , which in turn belonged to the East German Army Command in Strausberg . On January 1, 1995, the Rostock naval command was renamed MAKdo Ost with its headquarters in Warnemünde and subordinated to the MUKdo. The previous MAKdos North Sea and Baltic Sea were renamed MAKdo West and MAKdo North . The MAKdo Ost included forces similar to the two other MAKdos, but instead of the naval transport battalion only one company and no music corps.

With the transfer of responsibility for naval armaments from the MarA to the MUKdo on January 1, 1993, the command for troop trials of the Navy in Eckernförde and the command for naval command systems in Wilhelmshaven were subordinated to the MUKdo.

Commanders of the MUKdo

The flag of a rear admiral as the command sign of the commander of the naval support command
No. Surname Beginning of the term of office Term expires Comments / rank
7th Wolfgang E. Nolting 2000 2001 at the same time Head of the Naval Office, KAdm
6th Reinhold Siebert 1998 1999 Cadm
5 Horst Sommermeyer 1993 1998 Cadm
4th Heinz-Harald Hallier 1987 1993 Cadm
3 Dr. Hansjakob Kratzmair 1982 1987 Cadm
2 Willi Boller 1979 1982 FAdm
1 Hans-Arend Feindt 1974 1979 from April 1973 head of the support staff; FAdm

literature

  • Konrad Ehrensberger: 100 years of organization of the German Navy . Bonn 1993, ISBN 3-7637-5913-1 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wilhelmshavener Heimatlexikon , second volume. Wilhelmshaven 1987; P. 233 f.
  2. ↑ The MUKdo era is over . In: Marineforum , 11-2001, p. 35
  3. ^ Konrad Ehrensberger: 100 years of organization of the German navy . Bonn 1993, ISBN 3-7637-5913-1
  4. a b Holdings of the Marine Support Command in the Federal Archives / Military Archives
  5. Navy on course 2005. The Navy in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . In: Marineforum 10-1993 p. 362 f.