Joint Medical Service (Germany)

Joint Medical Service
Zentraler Sanitätsdienst der Bundeswehr
Logo of the Joint Medical Service
Active1 October 2000 – present
Country Germany
BranchMedical Corps
RoleMilitary medicine
Size20,000 personnel (2023)[1]
HeadquartersKoblenz
Anniversaries1 October 2000
Equipment
  • Hospitals and field hospitals
  • Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles YAK
  • Mercedes-Benz Unimog
Commanders
Inspector of the Joint Medical ServiceGeneraloberstabsarzt Ralf Hoffmann (German Army)
Stellvertretender Inspekteur des Zentralen Sanitätsdiensts der BundeswehrGeneralstabsarzt Johannes Backus (German Army)
Notable
commanders		Ingo Patschke
A medic during the NATO Implementation Force (IFOR) in Croatia, 1995
Field hospital exercise
Vehicle of the Sanitätsdienst during KFOR

The Joint Medical Service (German: Zentraler Sanitätsdienst der Bundeswehr, short form: Zentraler Sanitätsdienst, pronounced [t͡sɛnˈtʁaːlɐ zaniˈtɛːt͡sˌdiːnst] ⓘ) is a part of the Bundeswehr, the armed forces of Germany and serves all three armed services (Army, Navy and Air Force, as well as the Cyber and Information Domain Service). Members of the central medical corps remain members of their respective military branches. Only a few specialized medical units such as the medical care for divers and aircraft crews are not incorporated in the Joint Medical Service. Prior to 2002 each military branch had its own medical service. The services were then largely merged, forming the Joint Medical Service. In May 2021 the minister of defense Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer together with Inspector General of the Bundeswehr Eberhard Zorn published a plan to dissolve the Joint Medical Service and to reintegrate its units into the army, navy, airforce and cyber command.[2]

Structure

  • Bundeswehr Joint Medical Service Headquarters in Koblenz
    • Bundeswehr Central Hospital in Koblenz
    • Bundeswehr Hospital in Hamburg
    • Bundeswehr Hospital in Berlin
    • Bundeswehr Hospital in Ulm
    • Bundeswehr Hospital in Westerstede
    • Bundeswehr Medical Academy at the Ernst-von-Bergmann-Kaserne in Munich
    • Medical Operational Support Command in Weißenfels
      • Rapid Deployable Medical Forces Command in Leer
      • 1st Medical Regiment in Weißenfels and Berlin
      • 2nd Medical Regiment in Rennerod and Koblenz
      • 3rd Medical Regiment in Dornstadt
      • Medical Demonstration Regiment in Feldkirchen
      • Medical Material Supply and Maintenance Center Blankenburg
      • Medical Material Supply and Maintenance Center Pfungstadt
      • Medical Material Supply and Maintenance Center Quakenbrück
    • Medical Regional Support Command in Diez
      • Medical Support Center Augustdorf
      • Medical Support Center Berlin
      • Medical Support Center Cochem
      • Medical Support Center Erfurt
      • Medical Support Center Hammelburg
      • Medical Support Center Kiel
      • Medical Support Center Cologne
      • Medical Support Center Kümmersbruck
      • Medical Support Center Munich
      • Medical Support Center Munster
      • Medical Support Center Neubrandenburg
      • Medical Support Center Stetten am kalten Markt
      • Medical Support Center Wilhelmshaven
      • Bundeswehr Sport Medicine Center in Warendorf

Ranks of the Joint Medical Service

Army/Airforce:
Generaloberstabsarzt
(GenOStArzt)		 Navy:
Admiraloberstabsarzt
(AdmOStArzt)

Army and Airforce

Human Medicine Dentistry Pharmacy Veterinary Army and Airforce Foreign equivalents
Stabsarzt Stabsarzt Stabsapotheker Stabsveterinär Hauptmann Captain
Oberstabsarzt Oberstabsarzt Oberstabsapotheker Oberstabsveterinär Major Major
Oberfeldarzt Oberfeldarzt Oberfeldapotheker Oberfeldveterinär Oberstleutnant Lieutenant Colonel
Oberstarzt Oberstarzt Oberstapotheker Oberstveterinär Oberst Colonel
Generalarzt Generalarzt Generalapotheker – Brigadegeneral Brigadier General
Generalstabsarzt – – – Generalmajor Major General
Generaloberstabsarzt – – – Generalleutnant Lieutenant General
Human Medicine Dentistry Pharmacy Navy Foreign equivalents
Stabsarzt Stabsarzt Stabsapotheker Kapitänleutnant Lieutenant
Oberstabsarzt Oberstabsarzt Oberstabsapotheker Korvettenkapitän Lieutenant Commander
Flottillenarzt Flottillenarzt Flottillenapotheker Fregattenkapitän Commander
Flottenarzt Flottenarzt Flottenapotheker Kapitän zur See Captain
Admiralarzt Admiralarzt Admiralapotheker Flottillenadmiral Commodore
Admiralstabsarzt – – Konteradmiral Rear admiral
Admiraloberstabsarzt – – Vizeadmiral Vice Admiral

See also

References

  1. ^ "Aktuelle Personalzahlen der Bundeswehr [Current personnel numbers of the Federal Defence]". Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Strukturen für die ‚Bundeswehr der Zukunft': Viel Unruhe, wenig Klarheit – Augen geradeaus!". augengeradeaus.net.
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