Support command 9

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Support
command 9 - Ukdo 9 -

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(did not have an association badge )
active October 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
last staff seat Philippsburg
commander
Last commander Colonel Walter Conze

The support command 9 was a support command of the army of the German armed forces with headquarters of the staff last in Philippsburg .

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 9 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 within the framework of the Rapid Reinforcement Concept and in maintaining freedom of operations in the Central Army Group's operational area was the main objective of the support command. To this end, the support command worked together with the 4th Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) of the American armed forces in Oberursel . The "sister association" was Support Command 8 , which was also subordinate to the Territorial Command South and was supposed to carry out further orders 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. The core of the support command were the logistics associations , which, in the event of mobilization , were supposed 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.

Like most units of the Territorial Army , the support command had only a few active soldiers and civilians in peacetime. Only in the event of a defense would the support command have grown to its full target strength of approx. 9,000 soldiers, which corresponded to the staff strength of two brigades , through the summoning of reservists , the mobilization of stored defense material and the conscription of civilian vehicles .

history

Lineup

On October 1, 1986, Support Command 9 was planned as one of the six support commandos with headquarters in Mannheim to fulfill the obligations arising for Germany from the WHNS Treaty . Support Command 9 was subordinated to the Territorial Command South. It was thus part of the territorial army . In 1993 the staff moved to Philippsburg .

resolution

By relaxing the security situation after the end of the cold war and easing the NATO command structure in Europe, the Support Command was 9 97 (H) by organizing instruction no. 106 / 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 9 was divided around 1989 into:

  • Internal association badgeStaff / staff company support command 9 (partially active), Mannheim
    • Internal association badgeSupply company 4901 (GerEinh), Kaiserslautern
    • Internal association badgePioneer Battalion 491 (GerEinh), Bruchsal
    • Internal association badgeAmbulance Battalion 491 (GerEinh), Hoppstädten
    • Internal association badgeAmbulance Battalion 492 (GerEinh), Cologne
    • Internal association badgeField Replacement Battalion 491 (GerEinh), Buch (Hunsrück)
    • Transport Regiment 49 (established in 1989)
      • Internal association badgeHeadquarters / Headquarters Company Transport Regiment 49 (GerEinh), Wittlich
      • Internal association badgeTransport Battalion 492 (GerEinh), Borken
      • Internal association badgeTransport Battalion 493 (GerEinh), Kranenburg
    • Transport Regiment 490
      • Internal association badgeHeadquarters / Headquarters Company Transport Regiment 490 (GerEinh), Kaiserslautern
      • Internal association badgeTransport Battalion 494 (GerEinh), Bexbach
      • Internal association badgeTransport Battalion 495 (GerEinh), Oftersheim
      • Internal association badgeTransport Battalion 496 (GerEinh), Kaiserslautern

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 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 Iron Cross as the national 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 national emblems of the United States ). The two other figures typical of the region point to the stationing area : the Mainz wheel and the Palatinate lion as in Mannheim's city 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: 49 ° 13 ′ 19.6 ″  N , 8 ° 27 ′ 26.1 ″  E