Gottfried Hoch

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Gottfried Hoch (born December 2, 1947 ) is a Rear Admiral a. D. of the German Navy . Since retiring in October 2008, he has been committed to the German Naval Museum and the Wilhelmshaven-Jade Nautical Association .

Military career

Promotions

Gottfried Hoch began his officer training in October 1966 with Crew X / 66 . After serving as an officer on watch on a rifle- class minesweeper and as an artillery officer on Destroyer 2 , he was in command of the inland minesweeper Loreley from 1973 to 1976 .

After the extended specialist training in the area of surface weapon systems, Gottfried Hoch became a ship weapons officer on Destroyer 2 . He then completed the 22nd admiralty staff course at the command academy of the Bundeswehr . This was followed by assignments in the Military Counter-Intelligence Service (MAD), as a first officer on the frigate Bremen and as a consultant in the naval command . From 1989 to 1991 Gottfried Hoch was in command of the Lower Saxony frigate . During this time he took part in the first naval visit of the German Navy to the Soviet Union . After his time in command, he became an adjutant to the Inspector General of the Bundeswehr .

As a sea captain , Gottfried Hoch was first commander of the 1st destroyer squadron in 1993 and then the 6th frigate squadron . In the spring of 1994 he led Task Group 500.02 as part of Operation Southern Cross . This was followed by a deployment as a liaison officer with the Allied Forces Southern Europe and as commander of the Standing Naval Force Atlantic .

With the change to the naval office as admiral naval training and deputy head of the office, Gottfried Hoch was promoted to flotilla admiral in 1999 . In 2001 he became the commander of the destroyer flotilla and also commander of the Enduring Freedom naval task force . His last military post was from 2003 and as Rear Admiral, Deputy Commander of the Fleet and Chief of Staff at the Fleet Command . Gottfried Hoch retired at the end of September 2008.

Honorary positions

  • 1st Chairman of the Nautical Association Wilhelmshaven-Jade (February 2010 to February 2016)
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of the German Marine Museum Foundation (since October 2010)

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Günter Stiller: First fleet visit of the German Navy in the Soviet Union - The reception was cool. In: Hamburger Abendblatt. October 14, 1989, accessed October 7, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Diethart Goos: A German leads NATO's Atlantic fleet. In: The world. April 6, 1998, accessed October 7, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Personnel changes in top military and civilian positions. BMVg press and information staff, September 15, 2008, archived from the original on October 1, 2009 ; Retrieved April 4, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Up, Gottfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German rear admiral
DATE OF BIRTH December 2, 1947