Joint Support and Enabling Service

Bundeswehr Logistics Command

The Bundeswehr Logistics Command at home in the Löberfeld-Kaserne barracks in Erfurt is the Joint Support and Enabling Service's largest capability coordination command. It is the centre of competence and seat of responsibility for Bundeswehr logistics operations, training and further development. The Bundeswehr Logistics Command holds the Bundeswehr’s logistics expertise.

Mission

The Bundeswehr Logistics Command is a capability coordination command of the Joint Support and Enabling Service. The Commander of the Bundeswehr Logistics Command, also referred to as Director of Bundeswehr Logistics, is responsible for the Bundeswehr’s logistics processes. At the same time, the Bundeswehr Logistics Command also ensures the provision of all basic logistics services with its logistic capabilities and assets. For this purpose, it collaborates closely with the service logistics forces of the major military organisational elements Air Force, Navy, and Army as well as the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support and the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Infrastructure, Environmental Protection and Services. The Bundeswehr Logistics Command is also responsible for motor vehicle affairs.

The Bundeswehr Logistics Command’s main tasks are to:

exercise command and control of subordinate units and agencies, and to ensure their operational readiness;
conduct Bundeswehr logistics planning and management on operations and routine duty;
provide the Joint Support and Enabling Service’s mobile logistic forces for operations;
further develop logistics within the Bundeswehr;
specify requirements for training in the field of logistics;
prepare logistic concepts for operations.

In Picture

The logistics command of the Bundeswehr is located in the Löberfeld barracks in Erfurt
Police Thüringen
Many shipments of military equipment are made by rail
Bundeswehr/Claudio Römer
All possible traffic routes are used to move military equipment
Bundeswehr/Robert Wandelt
The rapid loading of military vehicles onto a transport ship was seen during the NATO exercise Trident Juncture 2018
Bundeswehr/Christoph Vietzke
The road and sea transport of a Mammut heavy-duty transporter was part of the NATO exercise Trident Juncture 2018
Bundeswehr/Christoph Vietzke
The construction and maintenance of infrastructure is an important task of logistics in operations
Bundeswehr/Björn Kapfer
The construction and maintenance of office and residential containers is also a task for logistics
Bundeswehr/Michael Seidel
The field post is a special logistical task
Bundeswehr/Fritz Kopetzky

Leadership

Bundeswehr

Major General Gerald Funke

Commander, Bundeswehr Logistics Command
Bundeswehr

Brigadier General Ralf Lungershausen

Deputy Commander, Bundeswehr Logistics Command
Bundeswehr

Colonel (GSGesetzliche Schutzaufgaben) Hans Dirk Kömpel

Chief of Staff
Bundeswehr/Vietzke

Colonel Alexander Heinze

Commander, Mobile Logistic Forces of the Joint Support and Enabling Service