Thomas Seifert (General)
Thomas Seifert (born January 26, 1965 in Zschopau ) is a German officer, Brigadier General of the Air Force of the Bundeswehr and since November 1, 2016 Deputy Chief of Staff (DCOS) support in the Multinational Command Operational Management in Ulm . After Brigadier General Gert Gawellek, Seifert is the second officer in the Bundeswehr who was taken over from the former National People's Army and who was promoted to Brigadier General.
Military career
Training and first uses
Seifert joined the National People's Army (NVA) in 1983. He then completed officer training and a degree in aircraft technology at the officers' college for the air force / air defense "Franz Mehring" in Kamenz . From 1987 he was used as an aircraft technician for the MiG-29 in Fighter Wing 3 in Preschen . In 1990 he was taken over by the German Armed Forces as an aircraft engineering officer in the MiG-29 test wing at the same location. In 1993 Seifert was transferred to the fighter-bomber squadron 31 "Boelke" in Nörvenich as an aircraft engineering officer . From 1997 onwards he was employed as an aircraft engineering officer (shipyard control) in the air force support command in Cologne . From 1999 to 2001 Seifert took part in the 44th General Staff Course (Air Force) at the command academy of the Bundeswehr in Hamburg .
Service as a staff officer
His first assignment as a general staff officer led Seifert in 2001 as a consultant for air force planning in the air force command staff in the Federal Ministry of Defense in Bonn . Another ministerial assignment followed in 2004 as a modernization consultant in the planning staff in Berlin . In 2005 Seifert became commander of the technical group in Fighter Bomber Wing 32 on the Lechfeld . In 2007 he became an armaments staff officer in the Air Force's weapons system command in Cologne . From 2008 he was transferred to Berlin as Adjutant (Air Force) to the Inspector General , then General Wolfgang Schneiderhan . From 2010, he was employed as a group leader G 3 II in the armed forces support command in Cologne. In 2012 Seifert became head of the Air Force Basics Operations Logistics division in the Air Force Command in Berlin. From 2014 Seifert was again deployed to the Federal Ministry of Defense in Berlin, this time as Head of International Armaments Policy in the Politics department (later Equipment Department ).
Service as a general
On November 1, 2016, Seifert became the successor to Flotilla Admiral Markus Krause-Traudes Deputy Chief of Staff (DCOS) Support in the Multinational Command Operational Management in Ulm. On this post he was also promoted to brigadier general.
Assignments abroad
- 2011 to 2012 Head of the German Armed Forces Technical Advisory Group (GAFTAG), ISAF , Kabul ( Afghanistan )
Private
Seifert is married and has two children.
Awards
- Cross of Honor of the Bundeswehr in silver
- Mission medal of the Bundeswehr ISAF in bronze
- NATO Medal ISAF
- Commemorative Cross for Peace Keeping Missions Abroad ( Italy )
- Medaille de la Defense nationale in bronze ( France )
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Personnel changes in top military and civilian positions - November 2016. Accessed June 12, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Seifert, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German officer, Brigadier General of the Air Force of the Bundeswehr, 2016 Deputy Chief of Staff (DCOS) Support in the Multinational Command Operational Management |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 26, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zschopau |