Support staff
The support staff were in addition to the Eingreifkräften and the stabilizing forces of the three force categories of the Bundeswehr . The force categories were introduced in the course of the transformation of the Bundeswehr in 2002–2009. Accordingly, the units of the Bundeswehr differed in terms of equipment, availability, training and skills. With the realignment of the Bundeswehr from 2010, the categorization no longer applies.
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In total, the support forces consisted of 147,000 soldiers from various branches of the armed forces . However, this also included 39,000 soldiers who completed a civilian qualification for professional soldiers and temporary soldiers . The task of the support forces was to support the intervention and stabilization forces of all branches of the armed forces in action and in preparation for operations, as well as securing the basic operations of the Bundeswehr. Specifically, the tasks include command support , intelligence gathering, reconnaissance as well as logistical and medical support including geographic information service , ordnance defense and fire protection.
In the army
The army's support forces had a strength of 26,000 soldiers and thus made up about a quarter of the German army . The support forces in the army included:
- The telephoto watch company 200 of the rapid forces division
- The German share in the staffs of the Multinational Corps and the rapid reaction force of NATO as well as partly also their subordinate units and units, u. a .:
- Staff / support battalion, command support brigade and telecommunications battalion of the 1st German-Dutch Corps
- Staff / Support Battalion and Telecommunications Company of the Eurocorps
- Telecommunications Battalion 610 of the Multinational Corps North-East
In the armed forces base
In the armed forces base , most of the troops were classified as support forces. Logistics brigade 1 and its assigned logistics battalion 161 in Delmenhorst , which belonged to the intervention forces, were an exception .