Jan Christian Kaack

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Jan Christian Kaack (born 24 December 1962 in Eutin ) is a German Navy Rear Admiral and Deputy Inspector of the Navy and Commander in Chief of Fleet and Support Forces .

military career

Training and first uses

Jan Christian Kaack joined the German Navy in 1982 and , after basic training, served as a guest navigator in the 7th Speedboat Squadron in Kiel. As a cadet for Crew VII/83 , he began his naval officer training . From 1984 to 1987 he studied economics and organizational science at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg . This was followed by training and deployment in the area of ​​the speedboat flotilla . From September 1991 to June 1992, Kaack was Operations and Training Officer for the French Navy on board the training ship Jeanne d'Arc in Brest, France. From 1992 to 1994 he was in command of the Schnellboote S 49 Wolf and S 50 Panther . After the B course (operation) he was from 1995 and 1997 ship operations officer on the destroyer Rommel . From 1997 to 1999, Kaack took part in the Admiralty Service course at the Bundeswehr Command and Staff Academy in Hamburg.

Service as a staff officer

From 1999 to 2001, Kaack served as first officer on the destroyer Mölders . This was followed by a two-year stint as a staff officer at NATO, Regional Headquarters Allied Forces Europe North in Brunssum , Netherlands. In the next function he took over the frigate Bayern from 2003 to 2004 as commander. He was then a consultant in the command and control staff of the armed forces in the Federal Ministry of Defense (BMVg) in Berlin . From 2006 to 2007 he completed his training at the US Naval War College in Newport , Rhode Island . He was then employed as a tutor for international naval staff training at the Bundeswehr Command and Staff Academy in Hamburg. From 2008 to 2012 Kaack was Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of Flotilla 1 in Kiel. He was then Head of Division in the BMVg, Strategy and Deployment Department, in Berlin until 2014. This was followed by another position as head of department in the naval command, planning conception department, in Rostock .

service as an admiral

From May 2015 to April 2018, Flotilla Admiral Kaack was Commander of Task Force 1 and Director of the Center of Excellence for Operations in Confined and Shallow Waters in Kiel. From March 23 to August 6, 2016, he simultaneously led the forces of EU NAVFOR Somalia – Operation Atalanta as Force Commander . From May 2018 to July 2019, he was Head of Operations at the Armed Forces Base Command in Bonn . This was associated with promotion to rear admiral. From 10 July 2019 to 23 September 2021, Kaack served as the Commander of NATO 's Joint Warfare Center in Stavanger , Norway . He has served as Deputy Inspector of the Navy and Commander in Chief of Fleet and Support Forces since September 23, 2021 . Since January 22, 2022, following the resignation of the Inspector of the Navy, Kay-Achim Schönbach , he has been in charge of the German Navy on an interim basis.

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itemizations

  1. ↑ 45 years in the service of the Navy: Commander Fleet says farewell. Press and Information Center Navy, 23 September 2021, retrieved 23 September 2021 .
  2. ↑ Germany Assumes Force Command of Operation Atalanta off the Coast of Somalia from Italy. In: European Union – External Action. March 24, 2016, retrieved April 1, 2016 (English).
  3. ↑ Netherlands Force Commander Back with Operation Atalanta. In: eunavfor.eu. Retrieved August 8, 2016 (English).
  4. ↑ Kiel Admiral goes to Bonn – Flotilla Admiral Kaack hands over Task Flotilla 1 to Captain Bock. In: www.presseportal.de. 16 April 2018, retrieved 3 August 2021 .
  5. ↑ Vice Admiral Schönbach resigns as Inspector of the Navy. In: presseportal.de. 22 January 2022, retrieved 22 January 2022 .
personal data
SURNAME Kaack, Jan Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German rear admiral
BIRTH DATE December 24, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Eutin