Holger Kammerhoff (born 5 March 1945) is a retired

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. He was commander of the Operations Command of the German Armed Forces from 2004 to 2006, commander of the

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from 2003 to 2004, and commander of

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from 2001 to 2003.

Early life and education

Kammerhoff was born on 5 March 1945 in

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, Germany. His military education includes the

Bundeswehr Command and Staff College The Bundeswehr Command and Staff College (, ''FüAkBw'') is the Staff college, General Staff College (''Senior Military Academy'') of the German armed forces, the Bundeswehr, established in 1957 as the successor of the Prussian Military Academy, ...

in 1978 and the

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of the United Kingdom's

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Military career

Kammerhoff joined the

in 1965 and received officer training as a member of Paratrooper Battalion 291 before serving as a platoon and company commander. After completing the Bundeswehr Command and Staff College in the late 1970s he served as a staff officer in the . After that Kammerhoff served on the Army Staff as deputy head of a department. He later commanded Panzergrenadier Battalion 302 from October 1983 to March 1986, before serving as a staff officer at the NATO Central Army Group, and then being the chief of staff of the 3rd Panzer Division from October 1988 to December 1990. In the early 1990s he attended the Higher Command and Staff Course in the United Kingdom and led the military policy and operations branch at the German Army Staff. His next assignment was as commander of 23rd Gebirgsjäger Brigade from February 1992 to September 1995. From November 1993 to March 1994 he was the commander of the second German national contingent taking part in the

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(UNOSOM II). The troops he commanded served in non-combat roles, and the Somalia mission was the first military operation that Germany undertook outside of the NATO area. From 1995 to April 1996 he was General for Training and Education Affairs at the German Army Staff. He was then the deputy chief of staff of the Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps, and in that capacity led the headquarters of NATO-led

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(IFOR) in

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, from March to November 1996. In January 1998 he became the head of the 4th Military Region in Germany (Wehrbereichskommando IV) and commander of the 5th Panzer Division, before being assigned as assistant director of the NATO International Military Staff and the head of the Operations Division at the NATO headquarters. From December 2001 until September 2003 Kammerhoff was commander of

, and from October 2003 to September 2004 he was commander of the NATO-led

. Kammerhoff was later the commander of the Bundeswehr Operations Command until he retired from the military in March 2006.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kammerhoff, Holger 1945 births Living people Lieutenant generals of the German Army Bundeswehr Command and Staff College alumni Graduates of Joint Services Command and Staff College