Medical Command (Bundeswehr)

A medical command (SanKdo) was a command of the Bundeswehr.

Most recently, the medical commandos were part of the Central Medical Service of the Bundeswehr and were subordinate to the medical command command there. In the army were already planning 1969-1994 Medical Command.

history

In the field army

In the field army , the following medical commands were planned from 1972 to take up Army Structure III :

Medical Command 1 , headquarters of the staff in Münster , subordinate to I. Corps

Medical Command 2 , Ulm , II Corps

Medical Command 3 , Koblenz , III. corps

The medical commandos of the field army were disbanded between 1989 and 1993 after the end of the Cold War and in the course of the decommissioning or reorganization of the corps .

In the territorial army

In the territorial army , beginning in 1969, the following medical commands were planned to take over Army Structure III :

Medical Command 600 , Neumünster , Territorial Command Schleswig-Holstein

Medical Command 800 , Mönchengladbach , Territorial Command North

Sanitary Command 850 , Mannheim , Territorial Command South

Analogous to the development in the field army, the last medical command in the territorial army was decommissioned until 1994.

Realignment in the armed forces base

The medical commands I to IV were set up with the restructuring of the medical service of the Bundeswehr due to the Bundeswehr reform on October 1, 2001. With a few exceptions, they have acquired almost all medical services for all branches of the armed forces and have therefore been responsible for the medical care of soldiers in the German armed forces in Germany and, above all, in missions abroad.

Last structure until reclassification in 2013

Medical Command I in Kiel

Schleswig-Holstein , Lower Saxony , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Hamburg , Bremen
Bundeswehr Hospital Hamburg
6 specialist medical centers in Hanover , Kiel , Munster , Rostock , Seedorf and Wilhelmshaven
24 medical centers in Alt Duvenstedt , Boostedt , Bremerhaven , Bückeburg , Delmenhorst , Eckernförde , Faßberg , Flensburg , Hagenow , Hamburg , Husum , Kramerhof , Kropp , Laage , Lüneburg , Nienburg / Weser , Osterholz-Scharmbeck , Plön , Rotenburg (Wümme) , Torgelow , Trollenhagen , Wittmund , Wunstorf and Wurster North Sea Coast
last commander: General Doctor Ulrich Pracht

Medical Command II in Diez

North Rhine-Westphalia , Rhineland-Palatinate , Hesse , Saarland
Bundeswehr Central Hospital Koblenz
Hospital regiment 21 in Rennerod
Medical regiment 22 in Ahlen
5 specialist medical centers in Augustdorf , Bonn , Fritzlar , Idar-Oberstein and Cologne-Wahn
16 medical centers in Aachen , Ahlen , Cochem , Germersheim , Höxter , Kerpen , Cologne , Lahnstein , Merzig , Münster , Rennerod , Rheine , Stadtallendorf and Zweibrücken
Supply and repair center for medical supplies in Pfungstadt
last commander: Admiral Doctor Michael Knabe

Medical Command III in Weißenfels

Thuringia , Saxony , Saxony-Anhalt , Brandenburg , Berlin
Bundeswehr Hospital Berlin
Hospital regiment 31 in Berlin
Medical regiment 1 in Weißenfels
2 specialist medical centers in Erfurt and Leipzig
11 medical centers in Bad Frankenhausen , Bad Salzungen , Berlin , Burg , Dresden , Frankenberg / Saxony , Havelberg , Strausberg , Schönewalde , Schwielowsee and Weißenfels
Supply and Repair Center Sanitary Material Blankenburg (Harz)
last commander: General Doctor Michael Tempel

Medical Command IV in bow

Bavaria , Baden-Wuerttemberg
Bundeswehr Hospital Ulm
Hospital regiment 41 in Dornstadt
Mountain Medical Regiment 42 in Kempten
5 specialist medical centers in Hammelburg , Kempten , Kümmersbruck , Munich and Sigmaringen
21 medical centers in Altenstadt , Bad Reichenhall , Bruchsal , Ellwangen , Feldkirchen , Fürstenfeldbruck , Füssen, Hardheim , Kaufbeuren , Laupheim , Mittenwald , Müllheim , Neubiberg , Neuburg an der Donau , Neunburg vorm Wald , Penzing , Regensburg , Roth , Stetten am kalten Markt , Ulm , Untermeitingen and Veitshöchheim
Supply and Repair Center Sanitary Material (VIZ) Sigmaringen
last commander: Oberstarzt Michael Uhl

Decommissioning

As part of the realignment of the Bundeswehr , the medical commands were gradually dissolved. The Regional Medical Support Command emerged from the Medical Command II . The Medical Command III formed the basis for the subsequent Medical Service Support Command .

Remarks

↑ ^a ^b Note: The medical commands did not have any association badges . Instead, the internal association badges ("breast tags") of the headquarters company, which were introduced in 1980 and were last worn, are shown here. The internal association badges shown were mostly only worn by the soldiers on the staff and / or in the staff company . The internal association badges shown here were often used pars pro toto as a “coat of arms” for the entire medical team. As an association badge ("sleeve badge" of the service suit ) the soldiers of the medical commandos wore the association badge of the higher corps. The departments subordinate to the medical commands mostly had their own internal association badges.

Web links

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[IVA-1] Note: The medical commands did not have any association badges . Instead, the internal association badges ("breast tags") of the headquarters company, which were introduced in 1980 and were last worn, are shown here. The internal association badges shown were mostly only worn by the soldiers on the staff and / or in the staff company . The internal association badges shown here were often used pars pro toto as a “coat of arms” for the entire medical team. As an association badge ("sleeve badge" of the service suit ) the soldiers of the medical commandos wore the association badge of the higher corps. The departments subordinate to the medical commands mostly had their own internal association badges.