Curriculum Vitae Rear Admiral Ralf Kuchler
Curriculum Vitae Rear Admiral Ralf Kuchler
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Rear Admiral and Commandant
Date of Birth: 7 Novemver 1969
Place of Birth: Kiel
Military Career
since 31 August 2023
Commandant of the Bundeswehr Command and Staff College in Hamburg
2021 – 2023
Head of Office of the Chief of Defence at the Federal Ministry of Defence in Berlin
2018 – 2021
Commander, Flotilla 2, Wilhelmshaven
2017 – 2018
Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff, Flotilla 2
2016 – 2017
Chief of Branch FüSK II 1, Directorate-General for Forces Policy, at the Federal Ministry of Defence / Head of Office of the Director-General for Forces Policy (temporarily)
2013 – 2015
Military Assistant to the Chief of Defence at the Federal Ministry of Defence in Berlin
2011 – 2013
Commanding Officer, frigate Hamburg
2009 – 2011
Assistant Chief of Section, EU Capability Development, and German Military Representative to the NATO Military Committee and the EU in Brussels
2008 – 2009
Executive Officer, frigate Karlsruhe
2007 – 2008
Assistant Chief of Branch, Armed Forces Staff VI 2, at the Federal Ministry of Defence in Bonn
2005 – 2007
Desk Officer, Naval Staff III 1, at the Federal Ministry of Defence in Bonn
2003 – 2005
Student of the 45th Admiral Staff Officer Course at the Bundeswehr Command and Staff College in Hamburg
2001 – 2003
Principal Air Defence Officer and Operations Officer, frigate Sachsen
2000 – 2001
Principal Warfare Officer Underwater, frigate Lübeck
1999 – 2000
PEP with the Netherlands: Air Defence course at the Dutch-Belgian School of Operations in Den Helder
1998 – 1999
PEP with the Netherlands: Officer of the Deck, HNLMSHis/Her Netherlands Majesty's Ship Bloys van Treslong and Navigator, HNLMSHis/Her Netherlands Majesty's Ship Jan van Brakel
1998
Dutch language training at the Federal Office of Languages
1996 – 1998
ASWAnti-Submarine Warfare Officer and Artillery Officer, destroyer Rommel
1995 – 1996
Advanced officer training course at the Naval Academy in Mürwik
1995
Second Navigator, destroyer Rommel
1990 – 1994
Economics and Industrial Engineering studies at the Bundeswehr University Hamburg
1989
Entry into the Bundeswehr, officer training on the sail training ship Gorch Fock and Navy internship, submarine flotilla