Armed Forces Support Command

Armed Forces Support Command - SKUKdo -
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active	April 2001 to January 31, 2013
Country	Germany
Armed forces	armed forces
Organizational area	Force Base
Insinuation	Force Base Inspector
Headquarters	Cologne , Luftwaffe barracks Wahn

The Armed Forces Support Command ( SKUKdo ) with its former headquarters in the Wahn air force barracks in Cologne was the command command of the armed forces base , national territorial higher command authority and specialist command for armed forces and national armed forces- wide tasks from 2001 to 2013 . The commander of the SKUKdo in the rank of lieutenant general also performed the function of the national territorial commander. In accordance with the 2011 Bundeswehr reform, the command was dissolved on February 1, 2013; it went up in the command armed forces base , which was put into service on October 1, 2012.

assignment

The tasks of the SKUKdo within the armed forces base and the Bundeswehr consisted mainly of:

• Leadership support
• logistics
• Traffic and transportation
• NBC defense and protective tasks
• Operational information
• Basic driving training
• Military training areas
• Territorial tasks
• Civil-Military Cooperation ( CIMIC )
• Military police in the Bundeswehr

organization

The following Bundeswehr departments were part of the SKUKdo

• Military District Command I - Coast
• Military District Command II
• Military District Command III
• Military District Command IV - Southern Germany
• Strategic Reconnaissance Command , county
• Office for Geoinformation of the Bundeswehr , Euskirchen
• Logistics center of the Bundeswehr , Wilhelmshaven
• Logistics office of the Bundeswehr , Sankt Augustin
• Operative Information Center , Mayen
• German share of the CIMIC Center of Excellence

coat of arms

The coat of arms created for the Armed Forces Support Command showed the Iron Cross in the color scheme of the Bundeswehr logo to emphasize the orientation of the SKUKdo service area towards the Bundeswehr, which is surrounded by a "U" as a symbol of the SKUKdo's support function for the entire Bundeswehr consisting of three ribbons converging from the left to one leg of this U in the colors of the Army , the Air Force and the Navy , which after the merging of the armed forces are continued as the right leg of the U in red color (red color is the collar mirror color of the generals and symbolizes the leadership). The end of the red U-leg is formed by a stylized arrow, also in red, which symbolizes the future orientation and the innovative character. Since the newly established Armed Forces Command has essentially taken over the tasks of the SKUKdo, it also bears the coat of arms of the old, dissolved association.

List of commanders

No.	Surname	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
1	Lieutenant General Ulf von Krause	April 10, 2001	February 16, 2005
2	Lieutenant General Kersten Lahl	February 17, 2005	February 27, 2008
3	Lieutenant General Manfred Engelhardt	February 27, 2008	January 31, 2013

Web links

• The Armed Forces Support Command ( Memento from June 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
• The force base
• The Bundeswehr

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Sebastian Wanninger, Sina Pawlowski: Second level reached. Bundeswehr, February 4, 2013, accessed on February 18, 2013 : "On February 1, the armed forces base will also say goodbye to the armed forces support command - one of the pillars of the old structures." 
2. ↑ Services of the Armed Forces Base: KdoSKB. Bundeswehr, accessed on February 18, 2013 : “The Armed Forces Base Command is the highest command in the Armed Forces Base. With the removal of the inspector from the Federal Ministry of Defense in Bonn with recourse to the staff of the inspector of the armed forces base and personnel from the armed forces support command and the armed forces office, it was put into service on October 1, 2012. " 

Coordinates: 50 ° 51 ′ 21.4 "  N , 7 ° 6 ′ 52.5"  E