Lutz Moek

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Lutz Moek (born May 13, 1932 in Berlin ; † February 28, 2009 ) was a German officer in the Bundeswehr, most recently in the rank of lieutenant general .

Life

Moek, who grew up on his parents' estate in Western Pomerania until 1945 , joined the Federal Border Guard (BGS) as an officer candidate in April 1952 after graduating from high school and was promoted to lieutenant in July 1955 . On July 1, 1956, he switched to the Bundeswehr and was an army officer in the armored force until 1964 . There he was successively S 1 officer of tank battalion 1 in Dedelstorf , adjutant of a commanding general, platoon commander , company commander and finally S 1 staff officer of a tank brigade. From 1964 to 1966 he graduated from the general staff course at the command academy of the Bundeswehr in Hamburg and was then first G 1 staff officer and then G 3 staff officer of a division and from March 2, 1970 to September 24, 1971 commander of the tank battalion 83 in Lüneburg , before he was himself a staff officer for G 1 training in the army department of the command academy of the Bundeswehr.

After graduating from the NATO Defense College (NDC) in Rome , Moek was promoted to colonel in September 1974 and transferred to the headquarters of the Allied Forces of NATO in Central Europe AFCENT ( Allied Forces Central Europe ) in Brunssum . There he was initially employed in the operations department and was then chief of the personal staff of the commanders in chief of the Allied Forces Central Europe CINCENT ( Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Central Europe ), General Karl Schnell and from January 7, 1977 General Franz-Joseph Schulze . After returning to Germany on October 1, 1977, he succeeded Brigadier General Horst Scheibert as commander of Panzergrenadierbrigade 13 in Wetzlar and remained in this post until September 30, 1978, after which Colonel Kurt Graf von Schweinitz was his successor there on October 1, 1977 has been.

Thereupon Moek was promoted to Brigadier General on October 1, 1978 successor to Brigadier General Werner Lange Chief of Staff of III. Corps in Koblenz . He held this position until March 31, 1982 and was then replaced on April 1, 1982 by Brigadier General Wolfgang Malecha . On April 1, 1982, he himself became Major General and successor to Major General Gerd-Helmut Komossa as commander of the 12th Panzer Division in Veitshöchheim . He held this post until September 30, 1984 and was then replaced on October 1, 1984 by Major General Siegfried Storbeck . On October 1, 1984, he took over the post of Deputy Chief of Staff at the Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Forces of NATO in Europe SHAPE ( Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe ) and held this position until March 31, 1988.

On 1 April 1988. Moek was as a lieutenant general successor of those retired Lieutenant General Guenter Raulf as Deputy Commander of the Allied Forces of NATO for the Baltic Approaches BALTAP ( Allied Forces Baltic Approaches ) in Karup . On March 31, 1991 he was retired, whereupon on April 1, 1991 Lieutenant General Jörn Söder became his successor as DCOMBALTAP.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ On the death of Lieutenant General Lutz Moek . In: The Black Beret , No. 41 (2009)
  2. ↑ Annual letter 2009 of the traditional association Panzerbataillon 83
  3. ↑ Candidate officer for the Federal Border Police in 1956
  4. ↑ Panzerbrigade 13 in the German Digital Library (DDB)
  5. ↑ III. Corps in the DDB
  6. ↑ 12th Panzer Division in the DDB
  7. ↑ Europäische Wehrkunde , Volume 31, Verlag Europäische Wehrkunde, 1982, p. 35
  8. ↑ European Defense. Wehrwissenschaftliche Rundschau , Volume 37, Verlag Europäische Wehrkunde, 1988, p. 248
  9. ↑ Jane's Defense Weekly , Jane's Publishing Company, 1988, p. 39
  10. ^ Wehrtechnik , Volume 23, Verlag Wehr und Wissen Verlagsgesellschaft, 1991, p. 45
personal data
SURNAME Moek, Lutz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lieutenant General of the Bundeswehr
DATE OF BIRTH May 13, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH February 28, 2009