Support command 7

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Support
command 7 - Ukdo 7 -

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( did not have an association badge )
active October 1, 1988 to September 30, 1992
Country GermanyGermany Germany
Armed forces armed forces
Armed forces Bundeswehr Logo Heer with lettering.svg army
Type Support command
Insinuation Association badge Territorial Command North
Staff seat Mönchengladbach - Rheindahlen
commander
Last commander Colonel Michael Baron von Wittken- Jungnik
The staff of the Support Command was 7 at the (peace) headquarters of the Northern Army Group in jhq rheindahlen settled

The Support Command 7 was a Support Command of the Army of the Armed Forces with the seat of the rod in Mönchengladbach - Rheindahlen .

The major association was planned in 1988 and dissolved in 1992. The support command was under the command of the Territorial Command North . 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 7 was to fulfill the obligations under the WHNS Treaty between the Federal Republic of Germany and the United States in the command area of ​​the Territorial Command North . Specifically, the main objective of the support command was to support the US Army and possibly other (especially Canadian ) NATO reserves brought in from overseas in mobilization as part of the Rapid Reinforcement Concept and in maintaining freedom of operation in the Northern Army Group's operational area . In the area of ​​the Northern Army Group , the III. US Corps designated as overseas reserve. The support command initially worked with the 7th Theater Army Area Command (TAACOM) of the US armed forces in Rheinberg , and later with the 21st Theater Army Area Command (TAACOM) in Kaiserslautern . The "sister association" was the support command 3 , which was the only other support command in the area of ​​the Northern Army Group .

The Support Command 7 provided support in the operation of a large number of depots in West Germany and in the immediately adjacent foreign countries, in which Allied defense material such as vehicles, weapons and ammunition were stored until the troops brought in from overseas arrived. The subordinate security battalion secured depots and other important infrastructure necessary for the deployment, such as marching routes , telecommunications equipment , port facilities , etc.The core of Support Command 7 were logistics associations , which, in the event of mobilization, brought the troops and defense material from the depots to the mobilization bases established by the German side or Should transport disposition rooms and secure supplies there with ammunition, operating supplies and other material for the preparation of combat readiness . 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.

The Support Command 7, like most units of the Territorial Army , had only a few active soldiers and civilians in peacetime. Only in the case of defense , the Support Command would be through the convening of reservists , the mobilization of stockpile materiel and the convening of civilian vehicles grew to its full authorized strength of about 4,700 soldiers, about the personnel strength of a brigade corresponded. The support command was by far the smallest of the six support commands

history

Lineup

On October 1, 1988, Support Command 7 was planned as the last of the six support commandos to fulfill the obligations arising for Germany from the WHNS Treaty, with headquarters in Mönchengladbach - Rheindahlen . The support command 7 was subordinated to the territorial command north. It was thus part of the territorial army .

resolution

Due to the relaxation of the security situation after the end of the Cold War and the loosening of the NATO command structure in Europe, Support Command 7 was dissolved as the first of the six support commands on September 30, 1992 to implement Army Structure V. It was the shortest existing support command.

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

Support Command 7 was divided around 1989 into:

  • Internal association badge Staff / Staff Company Support Command 7 (GerEinh), Mönchengladbach
    • Internal association badge Supply company 4701 (GerEinh), Borken (planned but not built: Reken )
    • Internal association badge Security Battalion 471 (GerEinh), Xanten
    • Internal association badge Supply battalion (ammunition) 471 (GerEinh), Cologne
    • Internal association badge Supply battalion (ammunition) 472 (GerEinh), Kevelaer
    • Internal association badge Supply battalion (fuel) 473 (GerEinh), Borken
    • Internal association badge Repair Battalion 471 (GerEinh), Cologne
    • Internal association badge Field Replacement Battalion 471 (GerEinh), Cologne

Association badge

Support Command 7 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 higher-level territorial 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 number 7 in front of a blue, tinned wall , the Iron Cross as the emblem of the Bundeswehr and a star as a symbol for the US armed forces, which was taken from the flag of the United States (see military flags, seals and emblems the United States ). As a reference to the stationing area, it also showed a pinnacle bar similar to that in the Hilden coat of arms .

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. Press and Information Center Armed Forces Base: 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: 51 ° 10 ′ 35 ″  N , 6 ° 19 ′ 18.1 ″  E