Andreas Berg (Major General)

Andreas Markus Berg (* 2. December 1957 in Bonn , † 7. February 2020 ) was a major general retired of the Army of the Armed Forces . In his last assignment, he was Deputy Commander in the NATO Rapid Deployable Corps Headquarters in Lille , France, from September 1, 2013 to October 1, 2016 .

Military career

Berg joined the Bundeswehr in 1976 with the 5th Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion in Sontra and completed the officer candidate course. From 1977 to 1981 he completed a degree in economics and organization at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg , which he graduated with a degree in business administration. During this time, in July 1979, he was promoted to lieutenant .

After completing his studies, Berg was transferred to Fritzlar , where from 1981 to 1984 he was employed as a platoon leader of a scouting train of the Fernspähkompanie 300 . In this position he was promoted to first lieutenant in January 1982 . In 1984 he was transferred to Hessisch Lichtenau , where he was first assigned to the Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion 2 as platoon leader and from 1985 as company commander . In October 1985, he was promoted to captain . From 1988 to 1990 Berg completed the general staff course at the command academy of the Bundeswehr in Hamburg. In October 1990 he was promoted to major . The training in Hamburg was followed by the French general staff training at the Ecole Supérieure de Guerre in Paris from 1990 to 1992 .

Back in Germany, Berg took on a post from 1992 to 1994 as a consultant in the command staff of the armed forces (FüS III 7) in the Bonn Federal Ministry of Defense . It was here that he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in October 1993 . From 1994 to 1995 he was employed as a speaker (Referat 250) in the Foreign Office . From 1995 to 1997 Berg was deployed as an operations staff officer ( G3 ) of the 36th Panzer Brigade in Veitshöchheim .

A troop command followed these staff assignments in 1997. In Ebern, Berg took command of the 12th Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion , which he held until 1999. From 1999 to 2001 Berg was a consultant in the office of the permanent state secretary Dr. Peter Wichert . In April 2001 he was promoted to colonel and in the same year he was transferred to Brussels , where Berg was the office manager of the Director of the International Military Staff (IMS) of NATO until 2004 .

Back in Germany, Berg was employed in the Berlin Bendler Block as head of the planning staff in the Ministry of Defense . On September 20, 2007, he finally took command of the Franco-German Brigade in Müllheim and was appointed Brigadier General in this role in March 2008 . On September 24, 2009, he handed over command of the brigade to the French Général de brigade Philippe Chalmel .

Since August 2009, Berg has been performing new duties on the staff of the KFOR commander, Markus Bentler , in Kosovo . On April 1, 2010, Berg took over the post of Head of Staff Department III in the Army Command Staff (FüH) and is thus responsible for the topics of leadership, conception and operational principles. With the reorientation of the Bundeswehr Berg joined the Army Forces in the newly established command army and was department head use. This was accompanied by the promotion to major general. On September 1, 2013, Berg took over from Georg Nachtsheim as Deputy Commander of the NATO Rapid Deployable Corps headquarters. Berg retired on October 1, 2016, and his successor was Major General Gert-Johannes Hagemann .

His awards included the Bundeswehr Cross of Honor in gold and silver.

Private

Berg was married and had four children.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ badische-zeitung.de: Andreas Berg - Mourning - Obituaries & Obituaries - badische-zeitung.de. Retrieved February 13, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Personnel changes in top military and civilian positions - October 2016. In: www.personal.bundeswehr.de. Retrieved October 7, 2016 .