The Joint Medical Service (german: Zentraler Sanitätsdienst der Bundeswehr, ''short form:'' Zentraler Sanitätsdienst, ) is a part of the ''
Bundeswehr
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'', the armed forces of
Germany
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and serves all three armed services (
Army
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,
Navy
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and
Air Force
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, 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
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Australia
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Eberhard Zorn published a plan to dissolve the Joint Medical Service and to reintegrate its units into the army, navy, airforce and cyber command.
Structure
*''Bundeswehr'' Joint Medical Service Headquarters in
Koblenz
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Koblenz was established as a Roman military post by Drusus around 8 B.C. Its nam ...
**''Bundeswehr'' Central Hospital in
Koblenz
Koblenz (; Moselle Franconian: ''Kowelenz''), spelled Coblenz before 1926, is a German city on the banks of the Rhine and the Moselle, a multi-nation tributary.
Koblenz was established as a Roman military post by Drusus around 8 B.C. Its nam ...
**''Bundeswehr'' Hospital in
Hamburg
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**''Bundeswehr'' Hospital in
Berlin
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**''Bundeswehr'' Hospital in
Ulm
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**''Bundeswehr'' Hospital in
Westerstede
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It is known for hosting the Rhodo Festival, the biggest exhibition ...
**''
Bundeswehr Medical Academy'' at the
Ernst-von-Bergmann-Kaserne in
Munich
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** Medical Operational Support Command in
Weißenfels
Weißenfels (; often written in English as Weissenfels) is the largest town of the Burgenlandkreis district, in southern Saxony-Anhalt, central Germany. It is situated on the river Saale, approximately south of Halle.
History
Perhaps the fir ...
*** Rapid Deployable Medical Forces Command in
Leer
*** 1st Medical Regiment in Weißenfels and Berlin
*** 2nd Medical Regiment in
Rennerod
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and Koblenz
*** 3rd Medical Regiment in
Dornstadt
*** Medical Demonstration Regiment in
Feldkirchen
*** Medical Material Supply and Maintenance Center
Blankenburg Blankenburg may refer to:
Places
* Blankenburg am Harz, a German town in the district of Harz, Saxony-Anhalt
* Blankenburg Castle (Harz), the castle in Blankenburg am Harz (see above)
* Bad Blankenburg, a German town in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt dis ...
*** Medical Material Supply and Maintenance Center
Pfungstadt
*** Medical Material Supply and Maintenance Center
Quakenbrück
** Medical Regional Support Command in
Diez
*** Medical Support Center
Augustdorf
Augustdorf is a municipality in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has an area of 42.18 km² and about 10,100 inhabitants (2020).
History
In 1775 Simon August, Count of Lippe-Detmold
Simon August, Count of Lippe (12 ...
*** Medical Support Center Berlin
*** Medical Support Center
Cochem
*** Medical Support Center
Erfurt
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*** Medical Support Center
Hammelburg
Hammelburg is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It sits in the district of Bad Kissingen, in Lower Franconia. It lies on the river Franconian Saale, 25 km west of Schweinfurt. Hammelburg is the oldest winegrowing town (''Weinstadt'') in Francon ...
*** Medical Support Center
Kiel
Kiel () is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 246,243 (2021).
Kiel lies approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the southeast of the Jutland ...
*** Medical Support Center
Cologne
Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 millio ...
*** Medical Support Center
Kümmersbruck
*** Medical Support Center Munich
*** Medical Support Center
Munster
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*** Medical Support Center
Neubrandenburg
*** Medical Support Center
Stetten am kalten Markt
Stetten am kalten Markt (Stetten a.k.M.) is a municipality in the Sigmaringen district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Towns
The towns of Nusplingen, Frohnstetten, Storzingen and Glashütte are part of Stetten am kalten Markt.
History
The ar ...
*** Medical Support Center
Wilhelmshaven
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*** Bundeswehr Sport Medicine Center in
Warendorf
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The town is best known today for its well-preserved medieval town centre, for horse-riding, and the opportunities it prov ...
Ranks of the Joint Medical Service
Army and Airforce
Navy
See also
*
Military medicine
The term military medicine has a number of potential connotations. It may mean:
*A medical specialty, specifically a branch of occupational medicine attending to the medical risks and needs (both preventive and interventional) of sold ...
References
External links
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Branches of the Bundeswehr
Germany
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Military medicine in Germany
Military units and formations established in 2000
2000 establishments in Germany