Restant (Bundeswehr)

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Remnants were conscripted doctors , dentists , veterinarians and pharmacists in the medical service of the Bundeswehr, as well as a few engineers in certain fields. They were postponed from completing their military service until the completion of their professionally qualifying studies , in order to subsequently be drafted as “late-calling” with a higher rank due to their qualifications (mostly as officers of the specialist service ).

In the territorial military administration , this term was used to describe soldiers who were still pending food or the like.

etymology

Restant ( m. , Pl. Restanten ) is derived from Latin. Restans (m., Pl. Rest antes ) from, the present participle of restare . It means something like "resisting", "remaining", "lagging behind", in a broader sense something outstanding or unreleased. The rest is also derived from this .
Deferred conscripts were legally in default of entry and thus of fulfilling their conscription. In analogy to the technical terminology of default debtors, they were simply called remainders .

history

In order to counteract the shortage of medical officers , the conscription law was amended in 1965 to the effect that medical and dentistry students only had to do their conscription, which was then eighteen months after graduation. Every year around 1200 remnants were drafted as late conscripts.

After a four-week instruction course at the medical academy of the Bundeswehr in Munich, they were instructed in the tactical basics of medical services and mainly deployed as troop doctors .

A deliberate side effect of the large number of short-term servicemen leaving after military service was to ensure that the Bundeswehr was able to grow and replace it with a sufficient number of highly specialized reserve officers .

After the career of medical officers was opened to medical students and the end of the Cold War , the need for the residual regulation no longer existed and it was suspended by the Bundeswehr in 1993 .

With the amendment of the Compulsory Military Service Act in 2011, the possibility of awarding higher ranks in the basic military service was abolished (Section 40 WPflG old version). The extended retirement age up to the age of 32 for the above-mentioned groups of people was retained (Section 5, Paragraph 1, Clause 2, Item 2 WPflG), but is practically irrelevant due to the simultaneous suspension of military service in peacetime.

execution

Postponement from military service

There was no otherwise usual formal deferral in accordance with § 12 Military Service Act (WPflG) takes place in the sense of a military service exception, but a special deferral according to § 5 WPflG in the sense of drafting planning.
This

  • was solely at the discretion of the Bundeswehr (as needed) and
  • could be done up to the age of 32.

Award of higher rank

Forms of awarding the rank for military use:

  • final
  • temporarily (only for the duration of military service)
  • provisional (final award depends on the result of military service)

The military rank was determined by the intended position and was based on:

Examples:

     Licensed doctor without specialist training :    Medical officer
Doctor in internship (partially approved) : lieutenant

In most cases, the corresponding ranks were only awarded provisionally and when the soldier retired from active service if a positive service certificate was available as the final rank of the reserve.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ White Book 1971/1972 on the security of the Federal Republic of Germany and on the development of the Bundeswehr printed matter VI / 2920, 1971, technical expressions, restants, p. 219 of the original document / p. 229 of the digital document; Document server of the German Bundestag . Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  2. ↑ Written report of the Committee on Defense on the draft of a third law to amend the Conscription Act, Printed Paper IV / 3039, February 17, 1965, Chapter II, on Article I, No. 2 (regarding Section 5 Paragraph 1 and Paragraph 2) . 2 WPflG old version), p. 2; Document server of the German Bundestag . Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  3. ↑ Third law amending the Conscription Act of March 26, 1965, Federal Law Gazette Part I, No. 11/1965, March 31, 1965, Article 1, pp. 162–168; Website of the Bundesanzeiger Verlag . Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  4. ↑ White Paper 1971/1972 on the Security of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Development of the Bundeswehr Printed matter VI / 2920, 1971, Development of the Bundeswehr, Soldiers, Volunteers, Supply and Demand, Officers, No. 60 (medical officers), p. 56 f. of the original document / p. 66 f. of the digital document; Document server of the German Bundestag . Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  5. ↑ Conscription Act, as amended August 15, 2011 Federal Law Gazette Part I, No. 45/2011 , August 23, 2011, p. 1730; Website of the Bundesanzeiger Verlag . Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  6. ↑ Conscription Act as amended on May 15, 1965, Federal Law Gazette Part I, No. 20/1965 , May 21, 1965, Section I, Chapter 3, Section 12, Paragraph 4, Clause 2, No. 3 (lit. a) WPflG, pp. 394-395; Website of the Bundesanzeiger Verlag . Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  7. ↑ Conscription Act as amended on May 15, 1965, Federal Law Gazette Part I, No. 20/1965 , May 21, 1965, Section I, Chapter 2, Section 5, Paragraph 1, Clause 1 Clause 2 WPflG, p. 393 Website of the Bundesanzeiger Verlag . Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  8. ↑ Judgment of December 9th, 1983 Federal Administrative Court , Az .: BVerwG 8 C 85.82, reasons paragraph no. 14; Wolters Kluwer website . Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  9. ↑ Judgment of May 8th, 1987 Federal Administrative Court , Az .: BVerwG 8 C 12.85, reasons paragraph no. 16; Wolters Kluwer website . Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  10. ↑ a b Conscription Act as amended on May 15, 1965, Federal Law Gazette Part I, No. 20/1965 , May 21, 1965, Section VI, Section 40 (1) WPflG, pp. 402–403; Website of the Bundesanzeiger Verlag . Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  11. ↑ Conscription Act as amended on May 15, 1965, Federal Law Gazette Part I, No. 20/1965 , May 21, 1965, Section VI, Section 40 (2) WPflG, pp. 402–403; Website of the Bundesanzeiger Verlag . Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  12. ↑ Judgment of May 8, 1987 Federal Administrative Court , Az .: BVerwG 8 C 12.85, reasons paragraphs No. 1, 13, 16; Wolters Kluwer website . Retrieved December 3, 2019.