MNCNE - Chief of Staff

Chief of Staff

Major General Bogdan Rycerski

The Chief of Staff directs, coordinates and supervises the staff activities on behalf of the Commander. He also transmits policies, plans and decisions of the Commander and his Deputy to the staff. Among other vital areas of responsibilities, the Chief of Staff is to keep the Commander and Deputy Commander informed about all important matters within their own command as well as in superior and adjacent NATO and national command areas.

Military career:

2021 – Chief of Staff, Multinational Corps Northeast, Szczecin
2020 - 2021 – Commander, 15th Mechanized Brigade, Giżycko (POL)
2017 - 2020 – Deputy Commander, 15th Mechanized Brigade, Giżycko (POL)
2011 - 2017 – Commander of Tank Battalion, then Brigade Chief of Staff, 10th Armored Cavalry Brigade, Swietoszów (POL)
2010 - 2011 – Commander of Tank Battalion, 34th Armored Cavalry Brigade, Żagan (POL)
2004 - 2010 – Tank Battalion DCOM, then Brigade OPS Section Chief, 10th Armored Cavalry Brigade, Swietoszów (POL)
2000 - 2002 – Tank Company Commander, 15th Mechanized Brigade, Giżycko (POL)
1995 - 2000 – Tank Company Commander, 4th Armored Cavalry Brigade, Orzysz (POL)
1995 – Platoon Leader, 4th Armored Cavalry Brigade, Orzysz (POL)

Education:

2020 – Defense Policy at the War Studies University
2015 - 2016 – Senior level Operational-Strategic Course at the National Defense Academy - post graduated diploma
2008 - Battalion Commander Course at the National Defense Academy
2002 - 2004 – Management and Command studies at the National Defense Academy - Master's degree