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Place of Birth: Bremen, Germany
About Jörg Vollmer
- Lieutenant General Jörg Vollmer (born 7 September 1957 in Bremen) is a German Army general and the current Chief of Staff German Army. Vollmer entered military service in 1978, and subsequently underwent officer training.
- Afterwards he studied organizational and economic science at the Helmut Schmidt University of the Armed Forces in Hamburg.
- Having entered field service in 1982, he held several commands in mechanized infantry units.
- In 1991, he attended the German general staff officer course and continued to work in the Federal Ministry of Defence.
- In 1995, he was made G3 officer (operations) with Armoured Brigade 14 which then was a part of the 5th Armoured Division.
- A tour of service with SFOR and several other administrative commands followed.
- Promoted to general, Jörg Vollmer assumed command over Light Infantry Brigade 37 (reflagged as Mechanized Infantry Brigade 37 on April 7, 2009) on October 27, 2006.
- From January 2009 to October 2009 and from February 2013 to February 2014, he was Regional Commander North with the International Security Assistance Force in Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan.
- In October 2010, he left Mechanized Infantry Brigade 37, and became chief of staff of the I.
- German/Dutch Corps.
- In October 2011, Vollmer became the commander of the Special Operations Division.
- In June 2014, Vollmer took the position of Deputy Inspector of the Army and chief of Army Command, the second-highest position in the German Army.
- On 16 July 2015 Vollmer succeeded Generalleutnant Bruno Kasdorf as Chief of Staff of the German Army.
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