Helmut Michelis

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Helmut Michelis (* 1954 ) is a German journalist specializing in security and defense policy .

Life

Michelis was born in 1954. He initially worked for the Westdeutsche Zeitung and the Palatinate Merkur . He then became head of the Mönchengladbach local editorial office of the Rheinische Post (RP) and chief editor of the Central Lower Rhine department (six editorial offices). Until the end of December 2015 he was the security editor of the paper in Düsseldorf and has been working as a freelancer ever since. He writes articles, reports and commentaries and reported among other things. a. from the Falkland Islands , the US , Cyprus , the Middle East , Afghanistan , the Horn of Africa and Rwanda .

Since January 2017 he has been responsible for the bimonthly magazine “Der Deutsche Fallschirmjäger” as editor-in-chief for the Bund Deutscher Fallschirmjäger . He is also volunteering as a board member of the aid organization “Lachen Helfen” and as a training mentor for the Catholic workers' movement in the Middle Lower Rhine region.

As a reserve officer , Michelis was scheduled to work in the Bundeswehr Personnel Information Center in Cologne until he reached the age limit for reservists (65 years) in July 2019. He was previously u. a. Used by the Special Operations Division (DSO) in Regensburg and in the press and information center of the Army Command (HFüKdo) in Koblenz / Army Command (KdoHeer) in Strausberg. He also accompanied the Airborne Brigade 26 several times on the Franco-German training program "Colibri". In 1984 he was the founder of the International Mönchengladbach Military Competition (IMM), which he initiated as chairman of the Krefeld / Mönchengladbach district group of the reservists' association . He was also chairman of the Niederrhein district group of the reservists' association for fourteen years. Michelis took part in the SFOR foreign mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina for half a year . In January 1997 he founded the field newspaper Der Keiler in Sarajevo . In March 1997 he was involved in Operation Libelle in Albania . In 2004 he was promoted to colonel in the reserve .

Fonts (selection)

  • Eagle and sword. Special Operations Division. Portrait of a large association of the German Army . Merziger Druckerei & Verlag, Merzig 2008, ISBN 978-3-938415-33-7 .

honors and awards

  • 1986: Silver Cross of Honor of the Bundeswehr
  • 1996: Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
  • 1997: Bundeswehr Mission Medal
  • 1997: NATO Medal for Service with NATO on Operations
  • 1998: Paratrooper badge of honor
  • 2002: Fire Brigade Badge of Honor in gold from the Mönchengladbach City Association
  • 2003: Golden badge of honor of the city of Mönchengladbach
  • 2006: Gold Cross of Honor of the Bundeswehr
  • 2008: Gold pin of honor from the Association of Reservists of the German Armed Forces
  • 2014: Honorary Chairman of the Lower Rhine District Group of the Reservist Association
  • 2014: Bronze medal from the Technical Relief Organization
  • 2016: Honor roll of the NRW regional group in Reservist Association No. 6
  • 2019: Medal of the Federal Ministry of Defense

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Martin Bewerunge: departure from Little Britain . In: Rheinische Post , May 10, 2013.
  2. ↑ a b Helmut Michelis: The new Bundeswehr should be prepared for all future threats . Security Explorer, November 21, 2013.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g Michelis: The third star for oak leaves . In: Rheinische Post , October 29, 2004.
  4. ↑ Helmut Michelis: Airborne Brigade 26. The spearhead of the Bundeswehr . In: Rheinische Post , April 24, 2009.
  5. ^ A b Heinz-Josef Katz: Peter Müller leads the Bundeswehr reservists on the Lower Rhine . In: Mönchengladbacher Zeitung , February 22, 2014.
  6. ^ A b c d Franz Janssen: THW honors RP editor with a bronze badge of honor . In: Rheinische Post , July 28, 2014.
  7. ^ Inge Schnettler: Building bridges between nations . In: Rheinische Post , July 10, 2003.
  8. ^ Bundeswehr and Society - For the common cause. In: bmvg.de. Retrieved February 3, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Michelis, Helmut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist
DATE OF BIRTH 1954