U.S. Army Europe Gets Another German Chief Of Staff

January 27 2017

Germany

U.S. Army Europe has a new chief of staff, reports the Stars and Stripes.

German Brig. Gen. Kai Rohrschneider began his duties on Thursday at U.S. Army Europe headquarters in Wiesbaden, Germany.

He succeeded his countryman, Brig. Gen. Markus Laubenthal, who became the first foreign officer to serve as USAREUR chief of staff in 2014. Laubenthal is moving on to command the German army's 1st Panzer Division, which consists of three German and one Dutch brigade.

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