Colonel Jens Kuester
Primary specialty
Combat Engineer
Military career (StOffr)
Branch Head Engineer Plans, Allied Joint Forces Command, Brunssum, Aug 23 –
ACOS Military Engineering, HQ 1 German-Netherlands Corps, Münster, Jul 19 – Aug 23
Desk Officer, Federal Ministry of Defense, Bonn, Sep 17 – Jul 19
Director German Army Liaison Element USA 8, U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center of Excellence, Fort Leonard Wood / Missouri, U.S.A., Mar 14 – Sep 17
Commanding Officer, 464 Special Engineer Bn, Speyer, Oct 11 – Oct 13
Executive Officer, Supreme Headquarters Allied Command Operations, Mons / Belgium, Oct 09 – Oct 11
Staff Officer Staff Workflow Management, Supreme Headquarters Allied Command Operations, Mons / Belgium, Dec 08 – Oct 09
Staff Officer G3, Directorate of Combat Development, German Army Engineer School Munich, Oct 07 – Dec 08
Engineer Staff Officer & Military Adviser Commander Regional Support Command, HQ 1 German-Netherlands Corps, Münster, Oct 05 – Oct 07
Commanding Officer, 4./Special Engineer Battalion 174, Dessau, Oct 03 – Oct 07
ISAF, Regional Command North, Chief Enablers / Chief Engineer, Nov 13 – Feb 14
KFOR, Commander, Construction Coy, Oct 03 – Mar 04
KFOR, Commander, Armored Engineer Coy, Mar 00 – Oct 00
UN Special Commission (UNSCOM), Dep S3/S4 Officer, May/Jun 98
IFOR, PLT Ldr Armored Engineer PLT, Apr 96 – Sep 96
Military:
Operational Planers Course, Swedish Armed Forces International Centre, Kungsaengen, 2013
Battalion Commander’s Course, Officers School, Dresden, 2010
Basics of Operational Planning, Staff College, Hamburg, 2006
Combined Arms Staff Course, Staff College, Hamburg, 1999
Civilian:
Master of Arts Sport Sciences, 1994, University of the Bundeswehr, Munich / Neubiberg
Command
Military Engineering
Planning on operational (NCS) and tactical (NFS) level
Multinational capability development