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Wolf-Dieter LÖSER

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Wolf-Dieter LÖSER

10/30/2003 - 09/23/2005


Born on the 15th of August 1949 in WAHRENHOLZ, Lower Saxony Married, father of two (1 daughter, 1 son)

  • 1968 Entry into the Bundeswehr at Armored Infantry Battalion 142 in KOBLENZ
  • 1970 Officer training at the Army Officers School in MUNICH
  • 1971 Platoon leader in Armored Infantry Battalion 243 in MUNICH
  • 1973 Promotion to the rank of First Lieutenant
  • 1975 Youth Relations Officer in 1st Mountain Division in GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN
  • 1976 Company Commander in Armored Infantry Battalion 122 in OBERVIECHTACH
  • 1979 Training at the German Armed Forces Staff College in HAMBURG
  • 1981 G2, 1st Mountain Division in GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN
  • 1982 G3, Mountain Infantry Brigade 23 in BAD REICHENHALL
  • 1985 Executive Officer to DSACEUR (GE) at SHAPE, Belgium
  • 1988 Commanding Officer, Mountain Infantry Battalion 232 in BISCHOFSWIESEN
  • 1990 Planning Staff of the Ministry of Defense in BONN
  • 1991 Executive Officer to the Armed Forces Chief of Staff in BONN
  • 1994 International Fellow at the National Defense University in WASHINGTON, D.C., USA
  • 1995 Commander, Mountain Infantry Brigade 23 in BAD REICHENHALL
  • 1998 Director of Infantry and Commandant of the Infantry School in HAMMELBURG
  • 2001 Commander of Military District VII and Commander of 13th Mechanized Infantry Division, LEIPZIG
  • 2003 Since 30th Oct 03: Deputy Commander of the EUROCORPS
  • 2004 DCOM OPS ISAF VI, KABUL/AFGHANISTAN, 6 Aug 04 - 13 Feb 05

Promotions:

  • 1971: Second Lieutenant
  • 1973: First Lieutenant
  • 1976: Captain
  • 1982: Major
  • 1988: Lieutenant Colonel
  • 1991: Colonel
  • 1998: Brigadier General
  • 2001: Major General

Academic awards

  • Degree in political science (Dipl. sc. pol.)
  • Master of Science degree, 'National Security Strategy'

Medals and decorations

  • Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, First Class
  • Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • Golden Cross of Honor of the Bundeswehr
  • "Médaille d'Or de la Défense Nationale" of the French Republic
  • Service medal for Bundeswehr operations abroad
  • NATO medal
  • Flood Disaster Medal (summer 2002) of the Land of Saxony-Anhalt, the Land of Saxony and the Ministry of Defence