Bundeswehr Command and Staff College
Since 1957, the Bundeswehr Command and Staff College (BwCSC) has been dedicated to preparing military top-level personnel for demanding tasks in the armed forces, NATO, the European Union and the United Nations.
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The Mission of the Command and Staff College
The College’s core task is to provide initial, advanced and follow-on education and training to professionally experienced officers from Germany and abroad.
It is an attractive place for members of all groups of society to engage in strategic dialogue at a regional, national and international level. Moreover, the BwCSC is opening its doors increasingly to civilian actors from within or outside the Bundeswehr in order to promote the exchange of views and ideas at the strategic level. As an integral part of the strategic community, we seek to further improve the networking of all experts and actors in the field of security.
At the end of their training, the students of the BwCSC will be comprehensively trained and educated leaders; they will be familiar with scientific working methods and thus able to contribute to national security in a Bundeswehr-wide, joint, combined and inter-agency context.
More than 600 officers are being trained here at the Command and Staff College at any given time, among them approximately 100 foreign officers from about 50 nations. Each year, the College provides education and training to more than 3,000 officers and other personnel in a variety of courses and seminars. Altogether, some 3,000 foreign students coming from more than 100 nations and more than 5,000 German officers have completed their general/admiral staff officer training here in Hamburg.
Organisation
The Bundeswehr Command and Staff College is divided into a staff and two directorates: Strategic Affairs & Faculties and Training & Education.
It is headed by the Commandant, Major General Oliver Kohl, the Director Training & Education, Commodore Christian Bock and the Director Strategic Affairs & Faculties, Colonel André Abed.
Commander of the Leadership Academy, Major General Oliver Kohl (centre) with Director Training, Commodore Christian Bock (right) and Director Strategy & Faculties, Colonel André Abed (left)
Bundeswehr Command and Staff College/Katharina Roggmann
Major General Oliver Kohl, Commandant, Bundeswehr Command and Staff College
Bundeswehr Command and Staff College/Michael GundelachMajor General and Commandant
Date of Birth: 6. June 1964
Place of Birth: Hattingen
Military Career
since May 2018
Commandant, Bundeswehr Command and Staff College, Hamburg
2016 - 2018
Commander, Armoured Infantry Brigade 41, Neubrandenburg
2013 - 2015
Chief of Branch II 5, Directorate-General for Forces Policy, Federal Ministry of Defence
2012 - 2013
Head of Organizing Staff / Chief of Staff, Army Training Command, Leipzig
2009 - 2012
Commander, Artillery Regiment 100, Mühlhausen
2007 - 2009
Personnel Manager for Army general staff officers, Bundeswehr Personnel Office, Cologne
2006 - 2007
Chief of the Personnel Policy Branch, Bundeswehr Personnel Office, Cologne
2004 - 2006
Commander, Armoured Artillery Demonstration Battalion 325, Schwanewede/Munster
2003 - 2004
Desk officer, Army Staff III 2, Federal Ministry of Defence, Bonn
2001 - 2003
G3 Operations/Plans, Bundeswehr Joint Forces Operations Command, Potsdam
1999 - 2001
General staff officer training (42nd National General/Admiral Staff Officer Course (Army)), Bundeswehr Command and Staff College, Hamburg
1997 - 1999
Aide-de-camp to the Commander, 7th Armoured Division, Düsseldorf
1992 - 1997
Platoon leader, Battery Commander with 3rd Battery, Armoured Artillery Battalion 215, Augustdorf
1989 - 1992
Education studies, Bundeswehr University, Hamburg
1984
Entry into the Bundeswehr, Armoured Artillery Battalion 195, Münster; subsequent officer training
Mission Experience
2011
Commander, PRT Fayzabad with ISAF
1998
ADC COS HQ SFOR
Colonel André Abed, Director Strategic Affairs and Faculties, Bundeswehr Command and Staff College
Bundeswehr Command and Staff College/Michael GundelachPersonal Information
Date of Birth: 10 August 1966
Place of Birth: Eggenfelden, Germany
Military Career
since Nov 2020
Director Strategic Affairs and Faculties, Bundeswehr Command and Staff College, Hamburg
2019 – 2020
Chief of Staff, 10 Armoured Division, Veitshöchheim
2016 – 2019
Chief of Branch III 2, Directorate-General for Forces Policy, Federal Ministry of Defence, Berlin
2015 – 2016
Head of Leadership Department, Leadership Development and Civic Education Centre, Koblenz
2014 – 2015
Head of Instruction Department, Leadership Development and Civic Education Centre, Koblenz
2013 – 2014
G1, Specialised Operations Division/Rapid Response Forces Division, Stadtallendorf
2012 – 2013
Staff Officer (special duties), Chief Strategic Operations Planning Group, CJ5 Multinational Joint Headquarters Ulm
2010 – 2012
G3, Military-Strategic Operational Planning, J5 Response Forces Operations Command, Ulm
2007 – 2010
Commander, 104 Tank Battalion, Pfreimd
2004 – 2007
Chief of Staff, 1 Airmobile Brigade, Fritzlar
2003 – 2004
Desk officer, Army Staff I 1, Federal Ministry of Defence, Bonn
2001 – 2003
G4, 30 Armoured Infantry Brigade (‘Alb-Brigade’), Ellwangen
1999 – 2001
42nd General Staff Officer Course (Army), Bundeswehr Command and Staff College, Hamburg
1996 – 1999
Chief Instructor, Officer Candidate Training, Armour School, Munster
1994 – 1996
Tank Company Commander, 8 Mountain Tank Battalion, Kirchham
1993 – 1994
Tank platoon leader, 8 Mountain Tank Battalion, Kirchham
1989 – 1993
Studied Pedagogics at the Bundeswehr University Munich
1988 – 1989
Tank platoon leader, 8 Mountain Tank Battalion, Kirchham
1987
Switched to officer's career, 563 Tank Battalion, Landshut
1985 – 1987
Joined the Bundeswehr as a conscript (drafted for 15 months), 8 Mountain Tank Battalion, Kirchham
Mission Experience
2013
Chief LNO, ISAF RC NORTH to ISAF JOINT COMMAND, Kabul, Afghanistan
2011
Chief CJ3, ISAF RC NORTH, Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan
2008
DCOM, ISAF PRT KUNDUZ/DCOM Operations, Kunduz, Afghanistan
2003
J3, Chief Liaison Monitoring Teams, Operation ALLIED HARMONY, NATO HQ SKOPJE, Skopje, Macedonia
2002
G2, GECONKFOR, and J2 Intel Ops, TASK FORCE FOX, Bunardzik, Macedonia
Commodore Christian Bock, Director Training and Education, Bundeswehr Command and Staff College, Hamburg
Führungsakademie der Bundeswehr/Katharina RoggmannRear Admiral and Director Training and Education
Date of Birth: 18. August 1969
Place of Birth: Bonn
Military Career
since 2021
Director Training and Education, Bundeswehr Command and Staff College, Hamburg
2018 – 2021
Commander Flotilla 1 and Director NATO Centre of Excellence for Operations in Confined and Shallow Waters, Kiel
2015 – 2018
Branch Chief Concepts and Objectives, Planning Directorate, Federal Ministry of Defense, Bonn
2013 – 2015
Branch Head Maritime Operation and Region Horn of Africa, Federal Armed Forces Joint Forces Operations Command, Potsdam
2012 – 2013
Deputy Head of Division "Military Aspects of Security Policy", Federal Chancellery, Berlin
2010 – 2012
Staff Officer Plans and Conceptual Developments, Joint Staff Planning Branch, Federal Ministry of Defense, Bonn
2008 – 2010
Commander, 5th Minesweeping Squadron, Kiel
2007 – 2008
Staff Officer Operations, Joint Staff, Current Operations Branch, Federal Ministry of Defense, Bonn
2005 – 2007
Officer Education and Training, Staff Officer Operations and Deputy Commanding Officer, 3rd Minesweeping Squadron, Olpenitz/Kiel
2003 – 2005
Military Assistant to ACOS Implementation and DCOS Transformation, Headquarter Supreme Allied Comander Transformation, Norfolk, USA
2001 – 2003
Admiral Staff Officers Course, Federal Armed Forces General Staff and Command College, Hamburg
2000 – 2001
Staff Officer, Naval Staff Plans, Policy and International Cooperation Branch, Bonn
1998 – 2000
Commanding Officer, FGS “Kulmbach”, 3rd Minesweeping Squadron, Olpenitz
1997 – 1998
Principle Warfare Course Operations and Minewarfare, Maritime Operations School, Bremerhaven
1997
On the Job Trainee, Protocol-Branch, Federal Ministry of Defense, Bonn
1994 – 1997
Navigation and Executive Officer on Minehunters class 331B and Support Vessels class 701A, Wilhelmshaven
1993 – 1994
Training as MCM Officer
1989 – 1993
Studies of Economics, Federal German Armed Forces University, Hamburg
1988 – 1989
Officer Training, Crew VII/88 Naval Academy Mürwik, Flensburg
1988
Joined the German Navy and Basic Officer Training, Naval College Mürwik, Flensburg
Mission Experience
2008 – 2009
Commander GER UNIFIL contingent, Lebanon-Cyprus
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