Ralf Kuchler

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Ralf Kuchler (born November 7, 1969 ) is a flotilla admiral in the German Navy and has been the commander of the Flotilla 2 in Wilhelmshaven since June 29, 2018 .

Military career

Training and first uses

Kuchler joined the Bundeswehr with Crew VI / 89 and completed his training as a naval officer on the SSS Gorch Fock and during a fleet internship in the submarine flotilla . He then studied economics and industrial engineering at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg from 1990 to 1995 . After completing his studies, Kuchler was deployed as a second navigation officer on the destroyer Rommel for half a year before he attended the officer training course at the Mürwik naval school from 1995 to 1996 . From 1996 to 1998 he was used again on the destroyer Rommel , this time as an anti-submarine and artillery officer . After attending a three-month language training for Dutch on Bundessprachenamt Huerth Kuchler took from 1998 to 2000 at a Personalaustauchprogramm with the Royal Dutch Navy in part, he was at this time as a bridge watch officer on the frigate HNLMS Bloys van Treslong and navigation officer on HNLMS Jan van Brakel used and attended a course in air defense at the Belgian-Dutch Operations School in Den Helder . From 2000 to 2001 he was employed as the first command and weapon operations officer on the frigate Lübeck and then from 2001 to 2003 as the first air defense officer and first ship operations officer of the frigate Sachsen . From 2003 to 2005 Kuchler was a participant in the 45th admiralty staff course at the command and control academy of the Bundeswehr in Hamburg.

Service as a staff officer

His first assignment as a staff officer led Kuchler from 2005 to 2007 as a consultant for Fü M III 1 (conception and planning specifications; international cooperation) in the naval command of the Federal Ministry of Defense in Bonn . From 2007 to 2008 he was employed as a consultant Fü S VI 2 (conception of the Bundeswehr, transformation, CD&E ) in the command staff of the armed forces . From 2008 to 2009, Kuchler was first officer on the frigate Karlsruhe . From 2009 to 2011 he was employed as Head of EU Capability Development at the German Military Representative ( Lieutenant General Jürgen Bornemann or later Roland Kather ) at the NATO / EU Military Committee in Brussels , Belgium . From 2011 to 2013 Kuchler was in command of the frigate Hamburg , then from 2013 to 2015 adjutant of the inspector general of the Bundeswehr , General Volker Wieker . From 2016 to 2017 there was another ministerial assignment as Head of Division FUSK II 1 (support tasks ; organization of the armed forces; stationing of the Bundeswehr) , from September 2017 head of the central department and office manager of the department head of armed forces management, Lieutenant General Klaus von Heimendahl . From 2017 to 2018 he was employed as a deputy commander and chief of the operational flotilla 2 staff.

Service as an admiral

On June 29, 2018, Kuchler, succeeding Flotilla Admiral Christoph Müller-Meinhard , became the commander of the Flotilla 2 in Wilhelmshaven . In this post he was also appointed Flotilla Admiral in March 2019.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Halama: Video: Commitment to an attractive marine. In: Wilhelmshavener Zeitung. June 30, 2018, accessed March 15, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Michael Halama: Farewell to Commanders. In: Nord-West Zeitung. July 2, 2013, accessed March 15, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Change of the deputy commander and chief of the staff of the operational flotilla 2. In: https://www.presseportal.de . PIZ Deutsche Marine, September 26, 2017, accessed on March 15, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Double change at the head of the flotilla 2. In: https://www.presseportal.de . PIZ Deutsche Marine, June 26, 2018, accessed on March 15, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Kuchler, Ralf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German naval officer and flotilla admiral
DATE OF BIRTH November 7, 1969