Joint Support Service (Germany)

Joint Support Service
Streitkräftebasis
Logo of the Joint Support Service
Active	1 October 2000
Country	Germany
Size	27,840 (April 2020)[1]
Joint Support Service Command	Hardthöhe
March	Marsch der Streikräftebasis[2]
Website	http://www.streitkraeftebasis.de/
Commanders
Inspector	Generalleutnant Martin Schelleis (German Air Force)
Deputy Inspector	Generalleutnant Peter Bohrer (German Air Force)
Chief of Staff	Generalmajor (German Army)
Notable commanders	Manfred Nielson, Wolfram Kühn

A Feldjäger MP patrol vehicle

The Joint Support Service (German: Streitkräftebasis, SKB, literally Armed Forces Foundation) is a branch of the German Bundeswehr established in October 2000 as a result of major reforms of the Bundeswehr. It handles various logistic and organisational tasks of the Bundeswehr. The SKB is one of six components of the Bundeswehr, the other five being the Army, Navy, Air Force, the Joint Medical Service, and the Cyber and Information Domain Service. As of April 2020, the force is composed of 27,840 personnel.^[1] In May 2021 the minister of defense Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer together with inspector general Eberhard Zorn published a plan to dissolve the Joint Support Service and to reintegrate its units into the army, navy, airforce and cyber command.^[3]

Organization[]

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Unlike the similar British Defence Logistics Organisation and the Australian Department of Defence's Support Command Australia, Germany's current military environment has led to a number of combat-associated commands being allotted to it, principally the small German territorial defence structure embodied in the four Wehrbereichskommandos (Military District Commands), and the national supervision of active German military operations beyond the NATO area,^{[clarification needed]} performed by the Einsatzführungskommando (Bundeswehr Operations Command), which is headquartered in Potsdam.

The WBK headquarters are in:

• Kiel WBK I
• Mainz WBK II
• Erfurt WBK III
• Munich WBK IV

Each Military District Command controls several (State Commands) due to the federal structure of Germany. Previously this function was carried out by the Verteidigungsbezirkskommandos (VBKs) or Military Region Commands (Defence District Commands). These command authorities are in charge of all military facilities in their area of responsibility and of several supporting regiments. The SKB was formed on the basis of the former IV (GE)^{[clarification needed]} Korps. Most of its remaining elements have been reassigned from the Central Military Agencies of the Bundeswehr, encompassing a wide range of logistics agencies, schools, and other support units.

The top command authorities are the Kommando Streitkräftebasis (Joint Support Service Command) which is in charge of numerous of command and control roles. The Streitkräfteamt (Armed Forces Office) directs all schools, training and research centres, the Militärischer Abschirmdienst (Military Counterintelligence Service), and the Bundeswehr's higher academies and universities.

Structure[]

Bundeswehr
Branches (Teilstreitkräfte)
Heer Luftwaffe Marine
Organisational areas (Organisationsbereiche)
Joint Medical Service Joint Support Service Cyber and Information Space
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• Joint Support and Enabling Service Headquarters, in Bonn^[4]
  • Multinationale Kommando Operative Führung/Multinational Joint Headquarters Ulm, in Ulm
  • Military Studies Office, in Munich
  • Federal Security Policy Academy, in Berlin
  • German Military Representative at NATO & EU, in Brussels

Logistic Command[]

• Bundeswehr Logistic Command, in Erfurt
  • Bundeswehr Logistic School, in Garlstedt
  • Bundeswehr Logistic Center, in Wilhelmshaven
  • 164th Special Engineer Regiment, in Husum
  • 161st Logistic Battalion, in Delmenhorst
  • 171st Logistic Battalion, in Burg bei Magdeburg
  • 172nd Logistic Battalion, in Beelitz
  • 461st Logistic Battalion, in Walldürn
  • 467th Logistic Battalion, in Volkach
  • 472nd Logistic Battalion, in Kümmersbruck

Military Police Command[]

• Bundeswehr Military Police Command, in Hanover
  • Military Police and Staff Service School, in Hanover
  • 1st Military Police Regiment, in Berlin
  • 2nd Military Police Regiment, in Hilden
  • 3rd Military Police Regiment, in Munich

CBRN-defense Command[]

• Bundeswehr CBRN-defense Command, in Bruchsal
  • CBRN-defense and Legal Protection Tasks School, in Sonthofen
  • 7th CBRN-defense Battalion, in Höxter
  • 750th CBRN-defense Battalion, in Bruchsal

Territorial Tasks Command[]

• Bundeswehr Territorial Tasks Command, in Berlin
  • Baden-Württemberg State Command (), in Stuttgart
  • Bayern State Command, in Munich
  • Brandenburg State Command, in Potsdam
  • Bremen State Command, in Bremen
  • Hamburg State Command, in Hamburg
  • Hessen State Command, in Wiesbaden
  • Mecklenburg-Vorpommern State Command, in Schwerin
  • Niedersachsen State Command, in Hanover
  • Nordrhein-Westfalen State Command, in Düsseldorf
  • Rheinland-Pfalz State Command, in Mainz
  • Saarland State Command, in Saarbrücken
  • Sachsen State Command, in Dresden
  • Sachsen-Anhalt State Command, in Magdeburg
  • Schleswig-Holstein State Command, in Kiel
  • Thüringen State Command, in Erfurt
  • Multinational CIMIC Command, in Nienburg
  • Guard battalion at the Ministry of Defence, in Berlin
  • All Bundeswehr Training Areas, divided into three regions (North, South, East)

Armed Forces Office[]

• Armed Forces Office, in Bonn
  • Bundeswehr Verification Tasks Centre, in Geilenkirchen
  • Bundeswehr Service Dog School, in Ulmen
  • Bundeswehr Public Relations Centre, in Strausberg
  • Bundeswehr Military Music Centre, in Bonn
  • Bundeswehr Sport School, in Warendorf

References[]

Notes

External links[]

• www.streitkraeftebasis.de (engl.)