Brigadier General Jiri Libal
Commander 4th Rapid Deployment Brigade,
Czech Land Forces
He was born in Třebíč, Czech Republic, 1974.
Study:
Military grammar school 1988 – 1992
Military University of the Land Forces 1992 – 1995
Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, USA 2009 – 2010
US Army War College, Carlisle, USA 2019 – 2020
Career:
42 nd mechanized battalion
Platoon commander - 1995 – 2003
Deputy company commander – 2003 – 2005
Company commander – 2005 – 2008
Deputy battalion commander 2010 – 2014
41 st mechanized battalion
Commander – 2015 – 2019
General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces – Force development section
Chief of mechanized branch - 2019
Chief of airborne branch, Parachute and rescue service – 2020 - 2022
43 rd airborne regiment
Commander – 2022 - 2023
4 th Rapid deployment brigade
Chief O7 – 2009
Commander – 2023 till now
Other
Instructor of British Military Advisory Team Central and Eastern Europe (BMATT CEE) in Vyškov - 2003
Family
Married, three daughters
Hobbies
Sport, hunting, traveling
Study:
Military grammar school 1988 – 1992
Military University of the Land Forces 1992 – 1995
Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, USA 2009 – 2010
US Army War College, Carlisle, USA 2019 – 2020
Career:
42 nd mechanized battalion
Platoon commander - 1995 – 2003
Deputy company commander – 2003 – 2005
Company commander – 2005 – 2008
Deputy battalion commander 2010 – 2014
41 st mechanized battalion
Commander – 2015 – 2019
General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces – Force development section
Chief of mechanized branch - 2019
Chief of airborne branch, Parachute and rescue service – 2020 - 2022
43 rd airborne regiment
Commander – 2022 - 2023
4 th Rapid deployment brigade
Chief O7 – 2009
Commander – 2023 till now
Other
Instructor of British Military Advisory Team Central and Eastern Europe (BMATT CEE) in Vyškov - 2003
Family
Married, three daughters
Hobbies
Sport, hunting, traveling
Sessions