Werner Albl

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Werner Albl (born September 11, 1965 in Idar-Oberstein ) is a Brigadier General of the Army of the German Armed Forces and has been a defense attaché in the military attaché staff in Paris since August 2017

( France ).

Military career

Training and first uses

Werner Albl joined the German Armed Forces as a conscript with the 310 Supply Battalion in 1984 and was then trained as a reserve officer candidate in Giessen . In 1986 he left the German Armed Forces, but in 1987 he was hired again as an officer candidate in Supply Battalion 5 in Wetzlar . In 1988 he began studying business administration at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich and in 1992 became platoon leader in the 5th company of the 2nd Supply Battalion in Kassel . During this time he took part as a platoon leader in the "German Support Association Somalia" as part of the UNOSOM II mission in Beledweyne in Somalia. From 1994 to 1996 he was the company commander of the 6th Company of the Mountain Transport Battalion 83 in Kümmersbruck before he was employed as a logistics officer in the staff of the Eurocorps in Strasbourg for three years . From 1999 to 2001 Albl was a participant in the 42nd Army General Staff Course at the command academy of the Bundeswehr in Hamburg .

Service as a staff officer

After completing the course, he was employed as a staff officer with the Head of Staff Division II in the command staff of the Armed Forces Base and with the Head of Staff Division IV in the command staff of the armed forces in the Federal Ministry of Defense in Bonn. From 2003 to 2007 he was already employed in the Franco-German brigade. First as a G4 staff officer in the staff of the Brigade in Müllheim , then as commander of the D / F supply battalion at the same location. At the same time, he was also deployed in 2004 as Deputy Chief of Staff of the multinational brigade in Kabul as part of the ISAF mission. In 2007 he went back to the " Hardthöhe ", where he was deployed as a consultant for army development in the command staff of the army until 2008 . From 2008 to 2009 Albl held the post of press officer of the inspector of the army and then took over the post of adjutant of the inspector of the army from 2009 to 2010. After an assignment abroad from 2010 to 2012 as head of the army liaison staff at the US Army Combined Arms Center in Fort Leavenworth in Kansas, he became Head of Military Policy and Operations for the Maghreb and Middle East at the Federal Ministry of Defense in Berlin in 2012 . From 2014 to 2015 he took part in a course at the Center des hautes études militaires / Institut des hautes études de défense nationale in Paris.

Service as a general

In July 2015, he took over command of the Franco-German Brigade in Müllheim and was promoted to Brigadier General. From December 18, 2015 to the beginning of July 2016, he was also the mission commander of the European Training Mission (EUTM) in Mali. On July 12, 2017, he handed over command of the Franco-German Brigade to the French Général de brigade Bertrand Boyard. After preparing for his assignment as a military attaché at the German embassy in Paris , he has been a defense attaché in the military attaché staff in Paris since August 2017.

Assignments abroad

Awards

Private

Albl is married and has two sons.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Personnel changes in top military and civilian positions - July 2017. Accessed on July 13, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b c d Vita Commander - Brigadier General Werner Albl. In: German Army. Retrieved March 22, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Next German general leads EUTM Mali. In: www. Einsatz.bundeswehr.de. Retrieved April 2, 2016 .
  4. ↑ EUTM Mali: Change at the top of the training mission. In: www. Einsatz.bundeswehr.de. Retrieved August 31, 2016 .
  5. ^ Armée de Terre: Le CEMAT a remis la croix de chevalier de la légion d'honneur au général Werner Albl, attaché de Défense allemand à Paris Le CEMAT s'est vu décerner les insignes de l'ordre du mérite fédéral allemand par l'ambassadeur d'Allemagne.pic.twitter.com / 2z01vDIT1F. In: @armeedeterre. June 29, 2018, accessed July 30, 2019 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Albl, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German brigadier general and military attaché at the German embassy in Paris
DATE OF BIRTH September 11, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Idar-Oberstein