Support command 3

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Support
command 3 - Ukdo 3 -

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( did not have an association badge )
active January 14, 1986 to March 31, 1994
Country GermanyGermany Germany
Armed forces armed forces
Armed forces Bundeswehr Logo Heer with lettering.svg army
Type Support command
Insinuation Association badge Military District Command III
Location Cologne , Konrad-Adenauer-Kaserne
commander
Last commander Colonel Porger
The location was the Konrad-Adenauer-Kaserne in Cologne - Raderthal

The support command 3 was a support command of the army of the German armed forces in the Cologne Konrad Adenauer barracks .

The large association was planned in 1986 and dissolved in 1994. The support command was under the command of the military area III . The main task was to support the US armed forces with mobilization as part of the Wartime Host Nation Support (WHNS) .

assignment

The main task of Support Command 3 was to fulfill the obligations under the WHNS Treaty between the Federal Republic of Germany and the United States in Defense Area III . The support of the III. US Corps and possibly other (especially Canadian ) NATO reserves brought in from overseas when mobilizing as part of the Rapid Reinforcement Concept and maintaining freedom of operation in the west of the Northern Army Group's operational area, the main objective of the support command. The support command worked with the 13th Corps Support Command (COSCOM) of the American armed forces in Fort Hood . The III. For this purpose, the US corps operated an advanced headquarters in Europe in Maastricht ( NL ). The "sister association" was the support command 7 , which was the only other support command in the area of ​​the Northern Army Group .

The support command provided support in the operation of a large number of depots in West Germany and in the immediately adjacent foreign countries, in which Allied military material such as vehicles, weapons and ammunition were stored until the troops brought in from overseas arrived. The support command provided support with securing the depots and with the maintenance of the stored defense material. The back-up batteries also protected the US special ammunition against the background of nuclear participation . Core of the Support Command were the logistics organizations , the approach led troops and materiel from the depots in the set up by the German side mobilization bases or in the case of mobilization available spaces should carry and there and the replenishment of ammunition, supplies and other materials for the production of combat readiness should back . In exercises such as REFORGER , the relocation to Europe, the cooperation between German and allied armed forces and the rapid preparation of combat readiness in Germany were practiced on a regular basis.

Like most units of the Territorial Army, the support command only consisted of around 250 active soldiers and civilians during peacetime. Only in the event of a defense would the support command have grown to its full target strength of 8,429 soldiers, which corresponded to the staffing strength of two brigades , through the summoning of reservists , the mobilization of stored defense material and the conscription of civilian vehicles .

history

Lineup

On January 14, 1986, Support Command 3 was planned as one of the six support commands to fulfill the obligations arising for Germany from the WHNS Treaty . The support command 3 was subordinated to the military area command III in Düsseldorf . It was thus part of the territorial army . The immediate predecessor of support command 3 was the support command WHNS , which had already been set up on October 1, 1983 at the Cologne Army Office to prepare for the deployment of troops within the framework of the WHNS program and which in turn had its nucleus on January 11, 1982 at the Army Office's planning staff WHNS would have.

resolution

By relaxing the security situation after the end of the cold war and easing the NATO command structure in Europe was the Support Command 3 was organizing instruction no. 549/94 (H) from 11 October 1993 to 31 March 1994 to implement the Heeresstruktur V dissolved.

After the end of the WHNS program, support for NATO or other friendly armed forces is now largely coordinated within the framework of Host Nation Support (HNS) by the Bundeswehr's Territorial Tasks Command .

structure

Around 1989 the support command was still in formation. Around 1989 it is divided into:

  • Internal association badge Staff / staff company support command 3 (partially active), Cologne
    • Internal association badge Supply company 4301 (GerEinh), Menden (partially set up in 1989)
    • Internal association badge Security company 4301 (GerEinh), Selm (planned but not built: Reken , partially erected in 1989)
    • Internal association badge Accompanying battery 4301 (GerEinh), Hasbergen
    • Internal association badge Accompanying battery 4302 (GerEinh), Münster (partially installed in 1989)
    • Internal association badge Ambulance Battalion 431 (GerEinh), Dülmen
    • Internal association badge Supply battalion (ammunition) 431 (GerEinh), Ochtrup (partially erected in 1989)
    • Internal association badge Supply battalion (ammunition) 432 (GerEinh), Münster (partially erected in 1989)
    • Internal association badge Supply battalion (fuel) 433 (GerEinh), Selm (planned but not built: Reken, partially erected in 1989)
    • Internal association badge Transport Battalion 431 (GerEinh), Münster (partially erected in 1989)
    • Internal association badge Transport Battalion 432 (GerEinh), Münster
    • Internal association badge Transport Battalion 433 (GerEinh), Ochtrup
    • Internal association badge Transportbataillon 434 (GerEinh) Selm (planned but not built: Reken, partially deployed in 1989)
    • Internal association badge Field Replacement Battalion 431 (GerEinh), Menden (partially deployed in 1988)
    • Internal association badgeResupply Training Center 3/1, Borken
    • Internal association badgeNBC defense training center 3/2, Euskirchen
    • Internal association badgeMedical training center 3/3, Osnabrück (set up in 1988)

Association badge

Internal association badge of the staff / staff company

The support command did not have its own association badge due to its planning as a predominantly non-active unit . The few active soldiers therefore wore the association badge of the superior military area command .

As a "badge", the internal association badge of the staff and the staff company " pars pro toto " was sometimes used imprecisely for the entire large association. It essentially showed the federal eagle as in the coat of arms of Germany or as in the association badge of the military area command III and the shoulder badge of the III. U.S. Corps .

literature

  • OW Dragoons: The Bundeswehr 1989. Territorial Command SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. Territorial Command NORTH. Territorial Command SOUTH. Appendix: Territorial structure . 4th edition. 2.2 - Army, February 2012 ( religte.com [PDF; accessed July 10, 2018]).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d support commands. BArch, BH 36. In: German Digital Library. Federal Archives, Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation , accessed on November 15, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b c O.W. Dragoons: The Bundeswehr 1989. Territorial Command SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. Territorial Command NORTH. Territorial Command SOUTH. Appendix: Territorial structure . 4th edition. 2.2 - Army, February 2012 ( religte.com [PDF; accessed July 10, 2018]).
  3. ↑ One for all - Host Nation Support. Federal Ministry of Defense, head of the press and information staff , April 18, 2018, accessed on November 15, 2018 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 53 ′ 45.6 ″  N , 6 ° 56 ′ 49.2 ″  E