Departments
As the Federal Minister of Defence also acts as High Commander of the German armed forces, the Ministry comprises military and civil departments:
- Command Staff of the Armed Forces, headed by the Inspector General of the Bundeswehr
- Army
- Navy
- Luftwaffe
- Joint Medical Service
- Joint Support Service including Military Counter-intelligence Service
- Civil organization
- Bundeswehr administration and military recruitment
- Armament and information technology
- Judicature
- Military Chaplaincy
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