Multinational CIMIC Command

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Multinational CIMIC Command

Coat of arms of the Multinational Civil-Military Cooperation Command
Lineup 2003/2006/2013/2019
Country GermanyGermany
Armed forces armed forces
Armed forces Force Base Force Base
Strength ~ 200 men
Insinuation Territorial Tasks Command of the Bundeswehr
Location Clausewitz barracks , Nienburg / Weser
commander
commander Colonel Andreas Timm

The Multinational CIMIC Command ( MN CIMIC CMD ) is the fourth generation of the CIMIC ( Civil Military Cooperation ) in the Bundeswehr . As early as the end of 2001, a predecessor association of contingents from the army , air force and navy was set up as part of the newly established armed forces base in the Clausewitz barracks in Nienburg / Weser . After the structural adjustment of the realignment of the Bundeswehr in 2017, the strength is around 200 soldiers and civilian employees . In addition to these people serving in Nienburg, the MN CIMIC Command receives support for operational purposes through 81 posts located in 15 state commandos, soldiers serving at the Civil-Military Cooperation Center of Excellence (CCOE), and three other posts at the academy for crisis management, emergency planning and civil protection (AKNZ) in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler .

history

First generation: CIMIC battalion (commissioned March 28, 2003)

The need for CIMIC was recognized for the first time at the beginning of the NATO SFOR mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina, because, contrary to the Cold War planning , according to which the civilian population was considered evacuated, the Bundeswehr carried out its mission surrounded by the population and in close cooperation had to meet with international organizations (IOs) and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). This challenge was met in 2003 with the establishment of the CIMIC Battalion 100 in Nienburg, which for the first time was able to provide appropriate experts. The focus here was on the repatriation of refugees and the development of infrastructure (here primarily with the intention of minimizing the emergence of further refugees). In addition to a staff and support component, the CIMIC Battalion 100 consisted only of emergency services.

Second generation: CIMIC center (commissioning: May 4, 2006)

The mandate of the CIMIC center was strictly bound to the requirements regarding foreign missions of the Bundeswehr . The focus here shifted from building infrastructures to better evaluating the civilian situation , advising the military command and working with civil organizations (analogous to the three core tasks of CIMIC according to NATO definition). In 2006, a first qualification to train one's own strength was added to the existing structure. At that time, the further development was located in the armed forces support command (SKUKdo) in Cologne and was only transferred to the CIMIC center when it was dissolved.

Third generation: Center for Civil-Military Cooperation of the Bundeswehr (Commissioning: November 26, 2013)

Coat of arms of the ZMZ center

The Center for Civil-Military Cooperation of the Federal Armed Forces (ZentrZMZBw) is the competence center for the field of civil-military cooperation of the Federal Armed Forces (ZMZBw) and is now subordinate to the Territorial Tasks of the Federal Armed Forces (KdoTerrAufgBw).

The centre's field of activity no longer only includes tasks related to missions abroad, but also the training of civil-military cooperation at home. The ZMZBw-technical advice and analysis for training, deployment and further development is further improved by the development of a scientific analytical ability in the further development department. This applies above all to the state commandos . The maneuvering elements of the new ZentrZMZBw were the two operational areas set up in 2013. This is where the more than 200 emergency services who performed the tasks in the national and multinational operations of the Bundeswehr were based. After a structural adjustment in 2016 (with effect from April 1, 2017), the areas of activity were merged into one department. The center also functions as a training center and platform for civil-military cooperation tasks. At the international level, the Center works with the Civil-Military Cooperation Center of Excellence of NATO together.

Central to this are the efforts and measures of the Center for Civil-Military Cooperation of the Bundeswehr to promote interaction between military and civil actors.

With secondments, the ZentrZMZBw participates in ISAF in Afghanistan, the follow-up mission Resolute Support (RS), KFOR , various UN missions / operations, the European Training Mission Somalia (EUTM SOM) and the European Forces Republic Central Africa (EUFOR RCA ). Furthermore, the soldiers from the center had already been deployed on previous missions in the Balkans.

Fourth Generation: Multinational CIMIC Command (Commissioning: September 30, 2019)

On September 30, 2019, the reclassification to the Multinational CIMIC Command (MN CIMIC Cmd) took place, which will concentrate even more on the joint operations of the EU and NATO and will also contain international components. Occasionally the location in Nienburg is also mentioned in the name. The background for this step was that the Framework Nations Concept (FNC) envisaged Germany as the framework nation for CIMIC and the ZentrZMZBw already had appropriate structures through multinational courses, the JOINT COOPERATION exercise and the long-term transfer of international partners.

Joint Cooperation

Since 2009, the JOINT COOPERATION (JOCO for short) exercise has been taking place at the Nienburg site to practice the technical task . Initially designed as a national framework exercise, it slowly grew up in 2011 and 2013 and was able to attract international participants. JOCO has been held annually since 2014 and has currently developed into the largest exercise for the CIMIC task worldwide. In 2016, around 300 participants (military and civil) were involved as an exercise force from a total of 20 countries. Beginning with the multinationalization of the exercise, the way it was carried out also changed: initially designed as an exercise in the lecture hall for staff members, field forces were increasingly involved and the exercise radius was extended to the surrounding communities. This enabled the work of a CIMIC unit to be simulated realistically and with the integration of all sub-elements. In 2016, the practice area extended to the districts of Nienburg , Verden and the northern part of the Hanover region . In this area, over 100 representatives from government agencies, offices, municipal companies and companies took part in the exercise. Furthermore, up to 300 members of aid organizations were involved in the exercise (either directly or via their own parallel exercises). In particular, this realistic involvement of civil authorities and representatives is rated extremely positively by the exercise participants. In 2017 the exercise extended to the same exercise area and took place there from October 20 to 27 with around 350 soldiers from various NATO countries and numerous observation nations from a total of 23 nations.

coat of arms

The association badge is a further development of the already approved association badge of the former CIMIC center. It contains three main statements: In the center is a stylized globe with longitude and latitude, which symbolizes the previous areas of application in the Balkans, Afghanistan and Africa as well as the international interdependencies in the field of training and training support as well as possible future assignments. Above the globe there is a sword and a roll of parchment to symbolize the interaction between the military and civilian side, which is internationally widespread and thus underlines the internationality. The federal flag refers to the tasks of the center within Germany.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Services of the Armed Forces Base: Joint exercise JOINT COOPERATION 2017: The countdown is on - the Bundeswehr is practicing with multinational NATO partners in the region. Retrieved October 19, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Blasioning of the internal association badge center civil-military cooperation of the Bundeswehr. Zentrum ZMZ Bw, Nienburg / Weser, September 4, 2014, accessed on November 13, 2017 .

Coordinates: 52 ° 36 ′ 47.3 "  N , 9 ° 15 ′ 12.2"  E