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Carsten Jacobson (born 22 June 1955 in

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) is a retired

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officer and Deputy ISAF Commander.

Military career

Jacobson joined the ''Bundeswehr'' in 1974 and trained as a tank commander. He attended the German Fuehrungsakademie where he undertook staff officer training from 1986 to 1988. Jacobson attended the

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between 1990 and 1992. He served abroad as part of

SFOR The Stabilisation Force (SFOR) was a NATO-led multinational peacekeeping force deployed to Bosnia and Herzegovina after the Bosnian War. Although SFOR was led by NATO, several non-NATO countries contributed troops. It was replaced by EUFOR Alt ...

in Bosnia and Herzegowina between 1997 and 1998 and then served with

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in 1999. He was transferred to the Embassy of Germany, Washington, D.C. in 2001 and served there until 2005. He was transferred to the

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(ARRC) headquarters in

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in 2007. He became Chief of Staff for the German Army Forces Command in 2009 and he became spokesman for

ISAF The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was a multinational military mission in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014. It was established by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1386 according to the Bonn Agreement, which outlined t ...

in 2011. In 2012, he became commander of the 1st Panzer Division and in 2014 he became Deputy Commander of ISAF.

Honors

Badge of Honour of the Bundeswehr The Decorations of Honour of the Bundeswehr () are the sole series of military decorations of the Bundeswehr, the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. These honours and awards were introduced in 1980 on the occasion of the 25th annive ...

in Bronze (1983), in Silver (1989) and Gold (1994) * German Armed Forces Service Medal SFOR (1998), *

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-Medal (1998) *

Legion of Merit The Legion of Merit (LOM) is a Awards and decorations of the United States military, military award of the United States Armed Forces that is given for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievemen ...

(2005).

Private life

Jacobson has a British wife, Sally Jane (''nee'' McBride), a former

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officer. They married in 1979 and have two sons.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jacobson, Carsten 1955 births Living people Military personnel from Hamburg Lieutenant generals of the German Army People of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) German military personnel of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Recipients of the Badge of Honour of the Bundeswehr Foreign recipients of the Legion of Merit Graduates of the Staff College, Camberley