Streitkräftebasis

"Streitkräftebasis" (Joint Support Service, SKB) is a branch of the German "Bundeswehr" established in October 2000 as a result of major reforms of the German Bundeswehr. It handles various logistics and organisational missions of the German Armed Forces. It adds a fifth service-like entity to the four other major branches of the Bundeswehr, the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Medical Service. Unlike the roughly comparable British Defence Logistics Organisation and the Australian DOD's Support Command Australia, however, Germany's current military environment has led to a number of combat-associated commands being allotted to it.

Principally these are the residual German territorial defence structure embodied in the four Wehrbereichskommandos, or Military District Commands, and the national supervision of German military operations 'out of area', performed by the Einsatzführungskommando, usually (loosely) translated as Bundeswehr 'Operations' or 'Operational' Command at Potsdam, which was formed on the basis of the former IV (GE) Korps. Most of the remaining elements of the SKB have been reassigned from the Central Military Agencies of the Bundeswehr, encompassing a wide range of logistics agencies, schools, and other support units.

Germany is divided into four "Wehrbereichskommando"s (Defence District Command). Each Defence District Command controls several "Landeskommando"s (State Defence Command) due to the federative structure of Germany. Previously this function was carried out by the Verteidigungsbezirkskommandos (VBKs) or Military Region commands (literally 'Defence District Commands'. These command authorities are in charge of all military facilities in their area of responsibility, and additionally of several supporting regiments. The top command authorities are the "Streitkräfteunterstützungskommando" (Joint Support 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 Military Counterintelligence Service (MAD), and the Armed Forces higher academies and universities.

Personnel

47,713 Soldiers

Structure

* Deputy Inspector General of the Armed Forces and Inspector of the Joint Support Service (Currently: Vice Admiral Wolfram Kühn)
* Joint Support Service Staff

* Operational Command
** Command Support Battalion

* Armed Forces Support Command
** Logistical Centre of the Armed Forces
** Office for Logistics of the Armed Forces
** Office for Military Geology
** Centre for Intelligence Gathering of the Armed Forces
** German shares in CIMIC Group North
** Centre for Psychological Warfare
*** 950th Psychological Warfare Battalion
* Strategical Reconnaissance Command
** Centre for Strategical Reconnaissance
** 91st Signal Regional Command
*** 912th Electronical Warfare Battalion
** 92nd Signal Regional Command
*** 922nd Electronical Warfare Battalion
** 93rd Signal Regional Command
*** 932nd Electronical Warfare Battalion

* 1st Defence District Command (Coast) and State Defence Command of Schleswig-Holstein
** State Defence Command Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
** State Defence Command Free and Hanseatic City of Bremen
** State Defence Command of Lower Saxony
** State Defence Command of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
** Range Commands
** Range Commands
** Range Commands
** Range Commands
** 1st Defence District Band
** CIMIC Centre of the Armed Forces
** 151st Military Police Battalion
** 152nd Military Police Battalion
** 17th Logistics Regiment
*** 171st Logistics Battalion
*** 172nd Logistics Battalion
*** Stationary Logistical Facilities
** 1st Logistics Brigade (Intervention capable)
*** 161st Logistics Battalion
*** 162nd Logistics Battalion
*** 164th Special Engineer Battalion
*** 165th Transport Battalion
*** 166th Maintenance Battalion

* 2nd Defence District Command and State Defence Command of Rhineland-Palatinate
** State Defence Command Hessia
** State Defence Command North-Rhine Westphalia
** State Defence Command Saarland
** Range Command
** Range Command
** Range Command
** 251st Military Police Battalion
** 252nd Military Police Battalion
** 28th Command Support Regiment
*** 281st Signal Battalion
*** 282nd Signal Battalion
*** 283rd Signal Battalion
*** 284th Signal Battalion
*** 48th Command Support Regiment
** 481st Signal Battalion
** 482nd Signal Battalion
** 483rd Signal Battalion

* 3rd Defence District Command and State Defence Command of Thuringia
** State Defence Command Brandenburg
** State Defence Command Saxony-Anhalt
** State Defence Command Saxony
** Base Command
** 3rd Defence District Band
** 351st Military Police Battalion
** 352nd Military Police Battalion
** The Guard Battalion
** 38th Command Support Regiment
*** 381st Signal Battalion
*** 382nd Signal Battalion
*** 383rd Signal Battalion
*** 385th Signal Battalion
*** 386th Signal Battalion

* 4th Defence District Command and State Defence Command of Bavaria
** State Defence Command Baden-Württemberg
** Range Command
** Range Command
** Range Command
** Mountain Band
** 451st Military Police Battalion
** 452nd Military Police Battalion
** Centre for Explosive Ordnance Disposal
** 38th Command Support Regiment
*** 381st Signal Battalion
*** 382nd Signal Battalion
*** 383rd Signal Battalion
*** 385th Signal Battalion
*** 386th Signal Battalion
** 46th Logistics Regiment
*** 462nd Supplies Battalion
*** 464th Special Engineer Battalion
*** 465th Transport Battalion
*** 466th Maintenance Battalion
*** 467th Logistics Battalion
** 47th Logistics Regiment
*** 461st Logistics Battalion
*** 471st Logistics Battalion
*** 472nd Logistics Battalion
*** Stationary Logistical Facilities

* Special Forces Operations Command

* Response Forces Operation Command

* Academy of the Armed Forces

* Armed Forces Office
** Centre for Transformation of the Armed Forces
** Centre for "Innere Führung" ("Zentrum Innere Führung")
** Centre for Arms Control
** Academy for Information and Communications ("Akademie für Information und Kommunikation")
** Socioscientific Institute of the Armed Forces ("Sozialwissenschaftliches Institut der Bundeswehr")
** Logistics School of the Armed Forces
** Office for Military History ("Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsamt")
** School for Military Police and Staff Duty of the Armed Forces
** Armed Forces Command USA/Canada
** Bundeswehr Sports School
** German shares in Multinational authorities
** Training Band of the Armed Forces
** Big Band of the Armed Forces
** Staff of Military Attachés
** Band of the Armed Forces ("Bigband der Bundeswehr")
** K9 School
** Infrastructural Staff Group
** Military parts of the Universities of the Armed Forces ("Studentenbereiche" der Universitäten der Bundeswehr)
* University of the German Federal Armed Forces, Munich
* Helmut Schmidt University of the Armed Forces
* Human Ressources Office of the Armed Forces ("Personalamt der Bundeswehr")
* Non-Commissioned Officer’s Corps Command Office of the Armed Forces ("Stammdienststelle der Bundeswehr")
* Federal Academy for Security Policy ("Bundesakademie für Sicherheitspolitik")
* Office for Military Counterintelligence
* Office for Military Science ("Amt für Militärkunde", military part of the Bundesnachrichtendienst)

External links

* [http://www.streitkraeftebasis.de/ www.streitkraeftebasis.de]