Michael Matz (officer)

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Michael Matz (2015)

Michael Matz (born August 7, 1959 in Wesselburen , Dithmarschen ) is a Brigadier General of the Army of the Bundeswehr and commander of the Infantry Training Center and Infantry General in Hammelburg .

Military background

Training and first uses

Promotions

Michael Matz began his military career in 1979 when he joined the Jägerbataillon 381 in the Briesen barracks in Flensburg . Between 1981 and 1984 he studied economics and organizational science at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg . This was followed in the period from 1988 to 1989 as a platoon leader officer with the Jägerbataillon 66 in Wentorf and in the same association in 1989 as an S2 officer. He then led the 2nd Company of the Jäger Battalion from 1989 to 1992 as a company commander . In his second assignment he was company commander of the NCO training company (7. Kp./PzGrenBtl 162) also at the location. From 1993 a change followed as a G2 staff officer for military security in the German part of the V US Corps in Heidelberg . From 1993 he served as an S2 officer in the Panzer Grenadier Brigade 16 "Duchy of Lauenburg".

Service as a staff officer

In 1994 he took part in the Infantry Officer Advance Course in Fort Benning , Georgia / USA and continued his training in 1996 with the international general staff officer course at the command academy of the German Armed Forces , where he was trained as an officer in the general staff service . From 1997 to 2001 he was employed as a G4 staff officer in Panzerbrigade 18 "Holstein" in Neumünster . From 1998 to 1999 Matz was deployed abroad as Chief G2 Plans at the NATO headquarters in Sarajevo ( Bosnia and Herzegovina ). When he returned to Germany, he taught as a lecture director at the armored troop school in Munster . From 2002 to 2004 he was appointed commander of the 401 Panzer Grenadier Battalion in Hagenow as a lieutenant colonel . This was followed in 2004 by a further foreign assignment as commander of the ORF battalion (Operational Reserve Forces) of the 8th KFOR contingent in Kosovo and until 2006 as commander of the guard battalion at the Federal Ministry of Defense in Berlin . From 2006 to 2009 Matz served as a consultant in the command staff of the Army in the Federal Ministry of Defense in Bonn . From 2010 to 2012 Matz was in charge of the Heer combat training center on the Altmark military training area near Gardelegen .

Service as a general

On May 16, 2012, Matz replaced his predecessor, Brigadier General Johann Langenegger, as commander of the Mountain Infantry Brigade 23 in Bad Reichenhall . On this post he was promoted to brigadier general, and the command from January 29, 2015 to his successor Colonel Alexander Sollfrank . On February 18, 2015, he took over the post of General for Location Tasks Berlin in the Territorial Tasks Command of the Bundeswehr from Peter Braunstein . He handed over this post to Colonel Andreas Henne on January 1, 2017 . From February 16, 2017 to March 7, 2019, Matz was deputy division commander and commanding division troops of the 1st Panzer Division in Oldenburg . In this role he was also designated contingent leader land / air NATO Response Force 2018/2020. He handed over the post as deputy division commander to Brigadier General Dieter Meyerhoff and, on March 21, 2019, succeeded Brigadier General Andreas Hannemann as commander of the Infantry Training Center and Infantry General in Hammelburg .

Use in Afghanistan

In the period from 2009 to 2010, Matz commanded the airmobile Jägerregiment 1 in Schwarzenborn . For the deployment in Kundus (mainly rescue operations and evacuation operations), a step-by-step, six-month preparation in Schwarzenborn and Hammelburg proceeded. The third deployment abroad took place in 2009/2010 with the Quick Reaction Force IV (rapid reaction force) in Afghanistan. During the winter months of 2012, Brigadier General Matz prepared the Mountain Infantry Brigade 23 in the NATO Joint Force Training Center in Bydgoszcz near Poznan in Poland for another mission in Afghanistan. The focus of the training was on security measures against booby traps and land mines , what to do in the event of a helicopter crash, the recovery of the injured and the training of Afghan security forces.

During this phase, virtual preparations were also made for the relocation of German armed forces. Brigadier General Matz has been in the North Regional Command in Mazar-e Sharif since February 2013, responsible for planning and coordinating military operations in this section as well as setting up Afghan military and police units. In his role as "Deputy Chief of Staff", Matz explained his area of ​​responsibility:

“ We have to take into account the balancing act between supporting the Afghan security organs, the beginning of a troop reduction and the relocation of material in our planning. "

The undertaking has so far been considered a success. The “OP North” external base was completed south of Kunduz. Matz compared the situation with his mission in Baghlan in 2010 :

“ There are still attacks by the Taliban. But we have the situation under control. Our so-called 'hot spots', where we can expect attacks, have not increased . "

Awards

  • Cross of Honor of the Bundeswehr in bronze
  • Army Commendation Medal (USA)
  • Mission medal of the Bundeswehr SFOR
  • NATO medal SFOR
  • Cross of Honor of the Bundeswehr in gold
  • Mission medal of the Bundeswehr KFOR in bronze
  • NATO medal KFOR
  • Mission medal of the Bundeswehr ISAF in bronze
  • NATO medal ISAF
  • Mission medal battle

Private

Michael Matz is married and has two grown sons.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chronicle of the Jägerbataillon 66 ( Memento from February 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ The Infantry Officer Advance Course (PDF; 288 kB)
  3. ↑ General staff function at division level
  4. ↑ General staff function planning
  5. ↑ NHQ Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)
  6. ↑ Mountain Infantry Brigade 23 under new command
  7. ↑ Susanne Lopez: Handover of General Location Tasks Berlin: "I am de-registering". kommando.streitkraeftebasis.de, February 18, 2015, accessed on February 24, 2015 .
  8. ↑ 1st Panzer Division has new Vice Division Commander. In: https://www.deutschesheer.de . PIZ Heer, March 19, 2019, accessed April 7, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Infantry training center under new management. In: https://www.deutschesheer.de . PIZ Heer, April 2, 2019, accessed April 7, 2019 .
  10. ^ Arkadius Guzy: Change of command at the Hammelburg Infantry Training Center. In: https://www.infranken.de . March 22, 2019, accessed April 7, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Märkische Oderzeitung: Köhler visits soldiers before deployment in Afghanistan, August 28, 2009
  12. ^ German Army, mountain troops practice in Poland for Afghanistan, December 19, 2012
  13. ^ BG Land, Well prepared for demanding use, December 17, 2012
  14. ↑ Michael Matz takes over operations management, Berchtesgadener Anzeiger, March 6, 2013
  15. ^ BG Land, Colonel Michael Matz is in command, May 17, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Matz, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer in the Bundeswehr
DATE OF BIRTH 7th August 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Wesselburen , Dithmarschen