Joint Medical Service (Germany)

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]

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
Commanders
Inspector of the Joint Medical ServiceGeneraloberstabsarzt Ulrich Baumgärtner (German Army)
Stellvertretender Inspekteur des Zentralen Sanitätsdiensts der BundeswehrGeneralstabsarzt Stephan Schoeps (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

Structure

Ranks of the Joint Medical Service
Army/Airforce:
Generaloberstabsarzt
(GenOStArzt)		Navy:
Admiraloberstabsarzt
(AdmOStArzt)

Army and Airforce
Human MedicineDentistryPharmacyVeterinaryArmy and AirforceForeign equivalents
StabsarztStabsarztStabsapothekerStabsveterinärHauptmannCaptain
OberstabsarztOberstabsarztOberstabsapothekerOberstabsveterinärMajorMajor
OberfeldarztOberfeldarztOberfeldapothekerOberfeldveterinärOberstleutnantLieutenant Colonel
OberstarztOberstarztOberstapothekerOberstveterinärOberstColonel
GeneralarztGeneralarztGeneralapotheker–BrigadegeneralBrigadier General
Generalstabsarzt–––GeneralmajorMajor General
Generaloberstabsarzt–––GeneralleutnantLieutenant General
Human MedicineDentistryPharmacyNavyForeign equivalents
StabsarztStabsarztStabsapothekerKapitänleutnantLieutenant
OberstabsarztOberstabsarztOberstabsapothekerKorvettenkapitänLieutenant Commander
FlottillenarztFlottillenarztFlottillenapothekerFregattenkapitänCommander
FlottenarztFlottenarztFlottenapothekerKapitän zur SeeCaptain
AdmiralarztAdmiralarztAdmiralapothekerFlottillenadmiralCommodore
Admiralstabsarzt––KonteradmiralRear admiral
Admiraloberstabsarzt––VizeadmiralVice 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!".
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