Maj. Gen. Wolfgang Ohl
Deputy Director-General for Military Strategy and Operations
German Federal Ministry of Defence
Since 2024 Deputy Director-General for Military Strategy and Operations, Federal Ministry of
Defence, Berlin
2019 – 2024 Chief of Staff, German Air Force Headquarters, Berlin
2017 – 2019 Chief of Division II, Directorate-General for Security and Defence Policy, Federal
Ministry of Defence, Berlin
2016 – 2017 Chief of Branch, FMoD Executive Group Information Centre, Berlin
2014 – 2016 Chief of Branch, FMoD Information Centre for Security and Defence Policy, Berlin
2013 – 2014 Chief of Branch I 2, Directorate-General for Personnel, Federal Ministry of
Defence, Berlin
2010 – 2013 Chief of Section II 2, Bundeswehr Personnel Office, Cologne
2008 – 2010 Assistant Chief of Staff J 1, Response Forces Operations Command, Ulm
2006 – 2008 Commander, Battalion III, Air Force Training Regiment, Air Force Fundamental
Training Centre, Germersheim
2004 – 2006 Staff Officer, Policy Planning Staff, Federal Ministry of Defence, Berlin
2003 – 2004 Assistant Branch Chief, Policy Planning Staff, AB 1 – Speeches and Policy Articles,
Federal Ministry of Defence, Berlin
2000 – 2003 Assistant Chief of Staff A1, HQ 3rd Air Division, Berlin
1998 – 2000 Attended 43rd National General/Admiral Staff Officer Course (Air Force),
Bundeswehr Command and Staff College, Hamburg
1996 – 1998 Military Aide to Chief of the Air Force, Federal Ministry of Defence, Bonn
1994 – 1996 Commander, 5th Company, Federal Ministry of Defence Guard Battalion, Siegburg
1991 – 1994 Full-time Youth Officer, Military Region Command 72, Suhl
1990 – 1991 Platoon Leader, 16th / Air Force Training Regiment 1, Goslar
(incl. Sep–Nov 1990: advisor to East German National People’s Army, Parchim)
1986 – 1990 Degree in Economics and Organisational Science, Bundeswehr University Hamburg
1985 Joined the Bundeswehr, basic training with 5th Company, Air Force Training
Regiment, Roth
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