Support command 8

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Support
command 8 - Ukdo 8 -

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( did not have an association badge )
active April 1, 1986 to March 31, 1997
Country GermanyGermany Germany
Armed forces armed forces
Armed forces Bundeswehr Logo Heer with lettering.svg army
Type Support command
Insinuation Association badge Territorial Command South
Staff seat Zweibrücken
commander
Last commander Colonel Hagen Army

The Support Command 8 was a Support Command of the Army of the Armed Forces with the seat of the rod in Two Bridges .

The large association was planned in 1986 and dissolved in 1997. The support command was under the command of the Territorial Command South . 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 8 was the fulfillment of the obligations from the WHNS Treaty between the Federal Republic of Germany and the United States in the command area of ​​the Territorial Command South . Specifically, the support of 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 Central Army Group's operational area was the main objective of the support command. For this purpose, the support command worked together with the 21st Theater Army Area Command (TAACOM) of the American armed forces in Kaiserslautern . The "sister association" was the support command 9 , which was also subordinate to the Territorial Command South and was mainly supposed to carry out logistical assignments within the framework of the WHNS program.

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. In contrast to the support command 9, the support command 8 had a large number of backup battalions and escort batteries , which were supposed to secure important infrastructure such as marching routes , telecommunication facilities , command posts , etc. As a result, the support command was somewhat reminiscent of the inactive homeland security brigades of the territorial army, but without being equipped, structured and trained for mobile combat with combined arms . Against the background of nuclear participation, the auxiliary batteries were intended especially for securing special US ammunition . In addition, the support command 8 had logistics associations which, in the event of mobilization, were to transport the troops brought in and the defense material from the depots to the mobilization bases or disposition rooms set up by the German side , and to secure supplies there with ammunition, operating supplies and other material to prepare for 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 8, 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 8,700 soldiers, about the staff strength of two brigades met.

history

Lineup

With organizational order No. 1215/93 (H) of March 4, 1986, Support Command 8 was planned to fulfill the obligations arising for Germany from the WHNS Treaty as one of the six support commands with headquarters in Zweibrücken on April 1, 1986. The Support Command 8 was subordinated to the Territorial Command South. It was thus part of the territorial army .

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 8 by organizing instruction no. / 97 (H) 104 of 15 October 1996 31 March 1997 on the implementation of 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

The support command 8 was divided into 1989 in:

  • Internal association badgeStaff / Staff Company Support Command 8 (partially active), Zweibrücken
    • Internal association badgeSupply company 4801 (GerEinh), Oberdiebach
    • Internal association badgeSecurity Battalion 481 (GerEinh), Kaiserslautern
    • Internal association badgeSecurity Battalion 482 (GerEinh), Bexbach
    • Internal association badgeAccompanying battery 4801 (GerEinh), Nünschweiler (installed around 1989)
    • Internal association badgeAccompanying battery 4802 (GerEinh), Nersingen
    • Internal association badgeAccompanying battery 4803 (GerEinh), Nünschweiler (installed around 1989)
    • Internal association badgeFernmeldebataillon 481 (GerEinh), Bruchsal (assigned to the 5th Signal Command of the US Army in Worms )
    • Internal association badgeSupply battalion (fuel) 485 (GerEinh), Oftersheim
    • Internal association badgeField Replacement Battalion 481 (GerEinh), Bexbach
    • 48th Supply Regiment
      • Internal association badgeStaff / Staff and Supply Company, Supply Regiment 48 (GerEinh), Oberdiebach
      • Internal association badgeSupply battalion (ammunition) 481 (GerEinh), Oberdiebach
      • Internal association badgeSupply battalion (ammunition) 482 (GerEinh), Kirchheimbolanden
      • Internal association badgeSupply battalion (ammunition) 483 (GerEinh), Nünschweiler
      • Internal association badgeSupply battalion (ammunition) 484 (GerEinh), Kirchheimbolanden

Association badge

Internal association badge of the staff / staff company

Support Command 8 did not have its own association badge due to its planning as a predominantly inactive part of the troops . 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 Palatinate lion as in the state coat of arms of Rhineland-Palatinate or similar to the representation in the coat of arms of the Zweibrücken- Niederauerbach headquarters as an indication of the stationing area, the Iron Cross as the national emblem of the Bundeswehr and a star as a symbol for the US armed forces which is taken from the flag of the United States (see Military Flags, Seals, and National Emblems of the United States ). The star and Iron Cross are shown as symbols of the link between German and US logistics chains on two chain links connected to one another .

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: 49 ° 15 '37.8 "  N , 7 ° 23' 7.4"  E