German Army Command
The Army Forces Command ( HFüKdo ) in Koblenz ( Falckenstein Barracks ) was next to the Army Office one of the two pillars of the army. Most of his tasks has taken command of the army on 1 October 2012 effect. The Army Forces Command will be accompanied decommissioned.
Since 1994, the Army Forces Command led as the supreme command authority most of the military units of the army. However, the Army troops were out on missions abroad by the Bundeswehr Operations Command in Potsdam. Recently, about 70,000 Army soldiers were assumed in the subordinate offices. The Army Forces Command was under the last the Army Staff.
Badge
The Association of insignia resembled except for the missing Roman numeral the Badge of the former corps. It was the German eagle as symbol of German sovereignty. The color scheme was inspired by the German colors. The badge was worn by military personnel of the Staff of the Army Forces Command on the left sleeve of the service suit. The braided black / yellow (black / golden ) piping testified to the position on the divisions of the army, the use of silver instead of golden threads.
Tasks
The tasks of the commandos were essentially:
- Troops Conduct in the service of all subordinate organizations and bars
- Troops for operations and training
- Planning and management of education and training activities of the Army
- In exceptional cases, performing minor operations (otherwise the task of the Operations Command )
- Perception of the "National Territorial tasks " (see also Territorial Army )
History
Until the 1990s, the German army would have been done in the use of NATO. However, the change in the security situation in Europe by the disintegration of the USSR made a German Forces Command needed.
After the dissolution of III. Corps on 31 March 1994 was erected the Army Forces Command in Koblenz at the same location under the command of Lieutenant General Klaus Reinhardt from parts of the Corps Staff. Since 2001, the divisions of the Army shall report directly to the Army Forces Command, the outline level of the Corps has been dropped. After 2002, the Operational Command of the Armed Forces was set up at Potsdam, the German troops are out on missions abroad from there. Previously, the Army Forces Command from 1995 led operations such as IFOR, SFOR, KFOR and AFOR in the Balkans and ISAF in Afghanistan.
The responsibility for the "National Territorial tasks " changed on 1 October 2001 by the Army Forces Command as the new Joint Support Command, new "National Territorial Commander " was the Commander of the Armed Forces Support Command.
As part of the reorientation of the Bundeswehr was determined that the Army Forces Command in the fall of 2012 out of service and parts in the October 1, 2012 new established command army will go in Strausberg.
Leadership
The command was led by a General with the rank of lieutenant general. Since the departure of Lieutenant General Carl- Hubertus von Butler on March 8, 2012, who commanded the Army Forces Command since March 16, 2009, led the deputy commander, Lieutenant General Reinhard Kammerer, the Army Forces Command until its dissolution. The staff of the commands included last about 400 soldiers and 50 civilian employees.
Structure
- G1: staff, care
- G2: military intelligence of the army, arms control, weather and Military Geography
- G3: leadership, planning, application engineering, training and exercise planning of the Army
- G4: Logistical tasks / materials management / maintenance
- G5: Civil-Military Cooperation ( CIMIC / CIMIC )
- G6: Communication / IT / management service
- KdoArzt: Head of the Medical Service, planner / consultant for supply of the army medical service union
- PIZ: The Press and Information Centre of the HFüKdo informs the population and organizes the operations of the music corps.
- Troops psychology: advice to the commander, lead the troops psychologists in the command area, further development of the troops psychology
- Legal advice: legal advice to the commander
- Controlling / centr. Tasks: monitoring of expenditure and the household, optimization
- In addition, the HFüKdo maintains connection commands for the U.S. Army ( JHC in Heidelberg), the French Army, the dutch army, the British army as well as the Air Force and the German Navy.
Outline of imputed areas
The Army Forces Command led last ( new army or army in 2010 ), the following associations are listed here to the outline level Brigade:
- Army Forces Command in Koblenz Franco-German Brigade garbage home ( German content)
- Division response forces / 1st Armored Division, Hanover Panzerlehrbrigade 9, Munster
- 21 Armoured Brigade, Augustendorf
- Airborne Brigade 26, Saarlouis
- Airborne Brigade 31, Oldenburg
- Special Forces Command, Calw
- Mountaineer Brigade 23, Bad Reichenhall
- 12 Armoured Brigade, Amberg
- Panzergrenadier Brigade 37, Frankenberg / Sa.
- Panzergrenadier Brigade 41, Torgelow
In addition, the Army troops command responsible for the following central warehouse:
- The main long-term storage Herongen
- The main long-term storage Pirmasens
- Central mobilization base Brück / Neuseddin
Multinational organizations
The command set for the EU Battle Groups, for the Rapid Reaction Force of NATO and the United Nations troops in case of need. If necessary, the Forces Operations Command of the armed forces base led the parked associations. Besides the ever-present Franco-German Brigade ( German content), the Army Forces Command constantly presented the German share of the rods and possibly support forces and other troops in case of need for:
- Euro Corps: Bar, Franco-German Brigade and, if necessary, the 10th Panzer Division
- 1st German- Netherlands Corps: staff, support staff, and if necessary, the Division response forces
- Multinational Corps Northeast: structure and if necessary, the 13th Panzer Grenadier Division of the Danish- Polish- German corps.