Hans-Joachim Stricker

Hans-Joachim Stricker (born June 29, 1948 ) is a Vice Admiral a. D. of the German Navy and was in command of the fleet from April 2006 to July 2010 .

Military career

Stricker joined the Bundeswehr as an officer candidate ( Crew X / 68 ) in 1968 and was trained as a naval officer until 1972. In 1971 he was promoted to lieutenant at sea . From 1972 to 1974 he served as an officer on watch on the coast minesweeper Koblenz in the 6th minesweeping squadron in Wilhelmshaven and in 1973 was promoted to first lieutenant at sea . Then Stricker was transferred to Kiel and served from 1974 to 1977 as the commander of the inland minesweeper Nixe in the 3rd minesweeper squadron . In this position he was promoted to lieutenant captain in 1976 . From 1977 to 1978 he completed the B course Naval Command Services / Naval Weapons, specializing in mines and mine defense. After this advanced training, he took over the rapid minesweeper Sirius in Flensburg from 1978 to 1980 in the 1st minesweeper squadron .

From 1980 to 1982 Stricker completed his admiralty training at the command academy of the German Armed Forces in Hamburg . After this training he was promoted to corvette captain in 1982 and served for two years until 1984 as deputy commander and operations officer ( S3 ) of the 5th minesweeping squadron in Olpenitz . From 1984 to 1987 Stricker was in the United States offset and served in Norfolk , Virginia , as a staff officer in the planning department of the Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic (SACLANT) of the NATO and among US admirals Wesley L. McDonald and Lee Baggett, Jr. After this assignment abroad, Stricker returned to Germany and served in the Bonn Federal Ministry of Defense from 1987 to 1988 as a consultant in the staff department VI of the naval command staff (FüM VI 1) under Vice Admiral Hans-Joachim Mann . In 1988 he was promoted to frigate captain. Following his assignment in the naval command, the Inspector General of the Bundeswehr, Admiral Dieter Wellershoff , brought him to his staff as an adjutant from 1988 to 1990 .

From 1990 to 1993 Stricker again took over a troop command, this time as commander of the 5th mine sweeping squadron in Olpenitz. Promoted to captain at sea , he was appointed to the Hamburg Command Academy from 1993 to 1995, where he taught as a lecturer for naval warfare and operational planning in the naval command department. From 1995 to 1997, Stricker was Head of Section 7 (European Union; Western European Union; fundamental issues relating to the representation of interests in these organizations) in the command staff of the armed forces (FüS III 7) under Major General Benno Ertmann . He then took over command of the flotilla of the mine forces in Olpenitz from 1997 to 2001 and subsequently served as admiral naval training at the naval office in Rostock until 2003 . During this employment, he was promoted to Flotilla Admiral in 2002 .

In 2003, Stricker was appointed Rear Admiral and was again transferred to Norfolk, Virginia, where he served until 2004, first in a double function as Assistant Chief of Staff Implementation and Deputy Chief of Staff Transformation, and then until 2006 only as Deputy Chief of Staff Transformation with the now Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT) Admiral Edmund P. Giambastiani . During this time he was named Vice Admiral in 2005. Back in Germany he took over the post of commander of the fleet in Glücksburg in April 2006 . In 2010, his term of office ended with his retirement on July 1, 2010. He passed the command to Rear Admiral Manfred Nielson .

Hans-Joachim Stricker received the Bundeswehr Cross of Honor in gold and silver and the NATO Meritorious Service Medal. In 2010 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon .

Stricker has been President of the German Maritime Institute (DMI) since June 2012 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ DMI announcement