MNCNE - Chief of Staff

Chief of Staff

Brigadier General Ullrich Spannuth

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:

2023 - 2024 – MNC NE, Szczecin, DCOS PLANS
2022 - 2023 – NATO Mission in Iraq, Director of Training and Development Division, Iraq, Bagdad
2019 - 2022 – German Army Armour School, Munster, Commander of Armoured, Reconnaissance and Artillery Branch Schools
2017 - 2019 – 9th Tank Demonstration Brigade "Niedersachsen", Munster, Commander
2015 - 2017 – German MoD, Berlin, Desk Officer and Chief of Operations Afghanistan
2013 - 2015 – SHAPE, Mons (Belgium), XO to the Chief of Staff
2010 - 2012 – 1st German/Netherlands Corps in Munster, ACOS G3
2009 - 2010 – Federal Armed Forces Command and Staff College in Hamburg, Lecturer in Security Policy
2007 - 2009 – Deputy Military Adviser to the German Ambassador to the United Nations in New York, USA
2005 - 2007 – 93rd TDBn in Munster, Battalion Commander
2003 - 2005 – Ministry of Defence, Desk Officer
2001 - 2003 – Federal Armed Forces Joint Forces Operations Command, Potsdam, General Staff Officer J6 / J5 BR
1997 - 1999 – IV Corps, Potsdam, Staff Officer
1994 - 1997 – 93rd TDBn, Munster, Company Commander
1991 - 1993 – 93rd Tank Demonstration Battalion (93rd TDBn), Munster, Platoon Commander and S2 Officer
1984 - 1987 – 33rd Tank Battalion, Neustadt am Rubenberge, Officer Cadet

Education:

1999 - 2001 – General Staff Course, Federal Armed Forces Command and Staff College in Hamburg
1987 - 1991 – Federal Armed Forces University in Hamburg, Educational Science

Decorations and medals:

2022 – Operational Medal in Bronze
2019 – Honorary Cross of Federal Armed Forces in Gold
2012 – Operational Medal in Bronze
2011 – Honorary Award for Merits in Silver (NLD)
2004 – Honorary Cross of Federal Armed Forces in Silver
1998 – Operational Medal in Bronze

Service in contingents and EU:

2022 - 2023 – NATO Mission in Iraq, Director of Training and Development Division, Iraq, Bagdad
2012 - 2013 – Commander of the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Kunduz, Afghanistan 2019 – VJTF land, Commander
1998 – SFOR in Bosnia, Company Commander