Building of a Bundeswehr Service Centre

The Bundeswehr Service Centres

The main task of these local authorities of the Federal Defence Administration is to provide services. They do so from 42 locations spread across Germany – from A as in “Aachen” all the way to Z as in “Zweibrücken”. Bundeswehr Service Centres act as service partners vis-à-vis the military and civilian personnel of the Bundeswehr.

Mission

Service support of approximately 1,500 military and civilian Bundeswehr agencies is ensured by more than 20,000 personnel assigned to a total of 42 service centres located throughout Germany – from Husum in the north to Bad Reichenhall in the south, and from Aachen in the west to Torgelow in the east. They are part of the Bundeswehr's organisational element “Infrastructure, Environmental Protection and Services”, provide services from a single source and are present in many military installations in order to be as close as possible to their customers.

Principal duties

Similar to a large company, Bundeswehr Service Centres perform a wide variety of tasks. Daily services include personnel affairs, financial services, facility management, environmental protection and nature conservation, as well as food and internal services.

The force behind the forces

  • A woman and a man stand next to the technical installations of a building and inspect documents.

    Ensuring the proper function of technical installations is a task of facility management

    Bundeswehr/Marcus Rott
  • A member of the terrain management team drives a tractor with a mulcher on a field at a major training area.

    The terrain management team ensures ideal training conditions and takes care of nature conservation

    Bundeswehr/ Marcus Rott
  • A man with a brush cutter is standing on a meadow; in the background, two hay shacks can be seen.

    Upkeep of the hummocky meadows at Mittenwald Garrison Training Area

    Bundeswehr/Marcus Rott
  • A carpenter of the Bundeswehr Service Centre cuts a wooden board with a bench saw

    Carpenters and joiners also work in the Bundeswehr service centres

    Bundeswehr/Jenny Bartsch
  • A man drives a tractor with a mulcher on a field at a major training area.

    Terrain upkeep personnel perform maintenance work at a major training area

    Bundeswehr/Marcus Rott
  • Service members pick up their meals in a Bundeswehr dining facility

    Bundeswehr dining facilities offer a large variety of healthy and delicious meals

    Bundeswehr/Jenny Bartsch
  • A member of the terrain management team mows the lawn at Wunstorf airfield.

    Green space management at Wunstorf airfield

    Bundeswehr/Marcus Rott

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