Joint Medical Service (Germany)

Joint Medical Service
Zentraler Sanitätsdienst der Bundeswehr
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Active	1 October 2000 – present
Country	Germany
Branch	Joint service
Role	Military medicine
Size	19,752 personnel (16 December 2016)^[1]
Anniversaries	1 October 2000
Equipment	Hospitals and field hospitals Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles YAK Mercedes-Benz Unimog
Commanders
Inspector of the Joint Medical Service	Generaloberstabsarzt Dr. Michael Tempel (German Army)
Stellvertretender Inspekteur des Zentralen Sanitätsdiensts der Bundeswehr	Generalstabsarzt Stephan Schoeps (German Army)
Notable commanders	Ingo Patschke

Medic during 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) is a part of the Bundeswehr, the armed forces of Germany, but explicitly no new branch of arms. Medical personnel of all three branches (Army, Navy and Air Force) were assigned to a centralized authority which was installed to concentrate their capabilities. However these troops remain members of their original branch of arms. Only very specialized medical units (such as medical care for divers and aircraft crews) are not a part of the Joint Medical Service.

Structure

Joint Medical Service
- Bundeswehr Central Hospital in Koblenz
- Bundeswehr Hospital in Hamburg
- Bundeswehr Hospital in Berlin
- Bundeswehr Hospital in Ulm
- Bundeswehr Hospital in Westerstede
- Bundeswehr Medical Academy in Munich
- Medical Operational Support Command in Weißenfels
  - Rapid Deployable Medical Forces Command in Leer und Schwanewede
  - 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 Bundeswehr Joint Medical Service


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

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

Navy

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	Rear Admiral (Lower Half)
Admiralstabsarzt	–	–	Konteradmiral	Rear Admiral (Upper Half)
Admiraloberstabsarzt	–	–	Vizeadmiral	Vice Admiral

References

↑ "Die Stärke der Streitkräfte [Personnel strength of German Armed Forces]". 16 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.

External links

Official website

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