Brigadier General Germaine J.F. SEEWER Commander Command Support Brigade 41

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Brigadier General Germaine J.F. SEEWER Commander Command Support Brigade 41

Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport DDPS Swiss Armed Forces Armed Forces Staff AFS Brigadier General Germaine J.F. SEEWER Commander Command Support Brigade 41 Date of birth 12 April 1964 Academic qualifications D. Sc. ETH Zurich Executive Master of Public Administration, University of Bern Office address Barracks HQ, 8180 Bülach Current function Brigadier General Seewer is in charge of the command support brigade. She is responsible for basic and progressive training of his staffs and troops and is accountable to the head of the Command Support organisation. The command support brigade is the specialised unit for information and communications technology in the Swiss Armed Forces. It operates the communications and C2 infrastructure along with the electronic warfare and signal intelligence systems for the armed forces. Career 1999 Captain, commander of an air force operations centre HQ company 2002 Major GS 2003 Lieutenant Colonel GS, officer in the air force operations staff 2005 Deputy Commander of the Air Force LOS Battalion 2006 Commander of the Air Force LOS Battalion 2010 Colonel GS, Chief of Air Force Training, assistant Chief of Staff Training 2011 In addition, Deputy Chief of Air Force Staff 2013 Brigadier General, Head of Armed Forces Personnel 2018 Commander Command Support Brigade 41 Functions 1998 Teacher 2000 Staff officer at SWISSCOY, Kosovo 2001 Head of section in Armed Forces General Staff 2004 Military observer, UNMEE Ethiopia/Eritrea 2004 Head of operations, deputy head of missions, Swiss International Command SWISSINT 2007 Deputy commander air force command support schools and commander unit training and technical courses 2008 Commander air force command support schools 2011 NATO Defense College, Senior Course, Rome, Italy ARMED FORCES STAFF – IR D, Military Protocol, 3003 BERN 01.07.2018 .

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