Brigadier General Hans-Jakob Reichen
Chief of Staff Joint Operations Command
Brigadier General Reichen is the Chief of Staff Joint Operations Command. The Joint Operations Command is responsible for the planning and command of all operations and missions of the Swiss armed forces, both in Switzerland and abroad. Brigadier General Reichen reports directly to the Chief of Joint Operations Command.
The Chief of Staff Joint Operations Command is in charge of operational planning, situation monitoring, staff controlling, and post action review at the operational level. The command and control infrastructure of the armed forces, directives on readiness, mobilisation, mission-specific training and the self-protection of the armed forces, are part of his responsibilities. Other main areas include defence crisis management and the defence sector’s military geography information service.
| 2022 | Brigadier General, Chief of Staff Joint Operations Command |
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| 2018 | Chief of Staff of Territorial Division 1 |
| 2016 | Colonel GS, Commander of artillery schools |
| 2013 | Deputy Chief of Staff Operations in a mechanised brigade |
| 2008 | Lieutenant Colonel GS, Commander of an artillery battalion |
| 2004 | Major GS, Officer in a mechanised brigade |
| 2021 | Deputy Chief of Staff Operative Training / Head of Military Strategic Training | |
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| 2020 | Commander of the Bière Military Training Unit / Artillery Training Centre | |
| 2016 | Commander of artillery schools | |
| 2015 | Command and General Staff College US Army (CGSC), Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, USA | |
| 2008 | Team leader and head of courses at the Armed Forces College, AFC | |
| 2006 | Head of the artillery training division, Artillery Training Unit Command | |
| 2005 | Mission de l'Organisation des Nations Unies en République Démocratique du Congo (MONUC) | |
| 2001 | Unit instructor in artillery schools | |
| 2000 | Diploma from the Military Academy at ETH Zurich | |
| 1997 | Entry into the artillery training corps |
Documents
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CV Hans-Jakob Reichen
10.05.2022 | PDF, 1 Pages, 176 KB
