Chief of Staff

            Course at the Army Aviation School in Bückeburg

1974: University of the Bundeswehr, Hamburg

1978: Helicopter pilot training at the Army Aviation School in Bückeburg

1979: Helicopter Pilot Army Aviation Squadron 101 in Rheine

1980: S3 Officer in the Army Aviation Command 1 in Münster

1982 : Operations-Officer in the Army Aviation Sqadron 11 in Rotenburg/Wümme

1983: Squadron Leader in Army Aviation Regiment 35 in Mendig

1985: General Staff Officers Course at the Bundeswehr Command and Staff

            College in Hamburg

1987: G2 Operations-Officer in HQ II. (GE/US) Corps in Ulm

1989: Course participant at the US Army Command and General Staff College,

            Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, USA

1990: Desk Officer in the MOD Armed Forces Staff III 2 in Bonn

1992: Desk Officer in the MOD Planning Staff in Bonn

1994: Commander Aviation Technical Battalion 252 in Laupheim

1996: UNSCOM Operation Bagdad (Commander German Forces Contingent)

1997: Chief of Staff of the 14. Mechanized Infantry Division in Neubrandenburg

            (Promotion to Colonel)

1998: Branch Chief MOD Armed Forces Staff III 6 in Bonn (as of 8/99 in Berlin)

2000: Studies in National Security Strategy at National War College/National

           Defence University, Washington D.C., USA

2001: Division Chief I, Army Office, Köln

2002: ISAF Operation Kabul, Commander Land Operations

2002: Commander Air Mechanised Brigade 1, Fritzlar

2002/03: ISAF Operation Kabul, Commander Kabul Multinational Brigade

2003: Assistant Chief MOD Army Forces Staff III in Bonn

2005: Assistant Chief MOD Armed Forces Staff VI (Planning) in Bonn