Berlin (Reuters) – In view of the Ukraine war, Federal Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht has announced an imminent structural reform of the Bundeswehr leadership.
“So far, the territorial management tasks have been spread over many areas,” said Lambrecht on Monday. “As of October 1, 2022, we will pool them in a ‘Territorial Command and Control Command of the Bundeswehr’ in Berlin.” The Russian invasion of Ukraine underlined the need to speed up the alignment of the armed forces’ leadership organization with the requirements of national and alliance defence. With the reform, the management structure will be adapted to the current security situation.
“With the new command, we can quickly provide the necessary forces for a national crisis team, beyond the purely military tasks, if that is necessary – for example in the case of flood disasters or the Covid pandemic,” explained Lambrecht. The command, which is directly subordinate to your ministry, is the operational counterpart to the Bundeswehr Operations Command in Potsdam, the Defense Ministry said in a statement. With the establishment of the command, the “national territorial command capability across the entire spectrum ‘peace – crisis – war’ will be established. It is an important step towards further strengthening the Bundeswehr.
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