Central naval command

The Central Marine Command was a higher command authority of the Federal Navy in Kiel . It was created on February 1, 1962 by renaming the previous command of naval training while simultaneously subordinating the ship testing command and parts of the command of the fleet base . The Central Marine Command was transferred to the newly established Naval Office on October 1, 1965 .

tasks

The Central Naval Command has taken over from the Naval Training Command to plan and direct the training of all military personnel in the Navy, to coordinate training at all naval schools and to draw up the training regulations and the annual school plan. In addition, it was responsible for service regulations, medical services and organizational issues of the Navy (STAN).

organization

guide

The command was under the command of the Navy in the Federal Ministry of Defense . The commander's direct superior was the naval inspector . The commander was scheduled to have the rank of rear admiral .

No.	Rank	Surname	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires	Remarks
2	Rear admiral	Albrecht Obermaier	October 1964	September 1965	then Head of the Naval Office
1	Flotilla admiral	Adalbert von Blanc	January 1962	September 1964	previously Commander in command of naval training

A staff with general and specialist departments was at the side of the commander. This included the service regulations, STAN and the marine library.

Subordinated area

A number of departments with technical tasks were subordinate to the command:

• Ship engineering command
• Naval Weapons Command
• Naval Command Service
• Marine Medical Service Command
• Takeover command
• Command of the school ships and schools, including
  • Naval School Mürwik ,
  • Naval Sergeant School
  • Naval Supply School
  • Naval training regiment
• Main office of the Navy

References

Web links

• Overview of the Federal Archives, BM 2 holdings

literature

• Konrad Ehrensberger: 100 years of organization of the German Navy; Bonn 1993; ISBN 3-7637-5913-1
• Johannes Berthold Sander-Nagashima: The Federal Navy 1955 to 1972: Concept and construction. Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich 2006. ISBN 978-3-486-57972-7