Brigadier General Holger Draber

Chief of the Strategic Capability Development Division (Planning II) Bundeswehr

1 July 1987 Joined the German Armed Forces, Basic Military Training at Maintenance Training Company 6/1, Hannover

1987 - 1989 Army Officer Training, Graduation from Officer School of the Army, Hannover

1989 - 1993 Studies of Mechanical Engineering at the University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, Graduation (MSc in Mechanical Engineering) in 1993

 1993 - 1995 Platoon Leader at 3.Coy / Maintenance Battalion 3, Stadtoldendorf

1995- 1997 Instructor Officer Candidate Training at German Army Maintenance School, Aachen

1997 - 2000 Company Commander 2. Coy / Maintenance Battalion 131, Bad Frankenhausen, including mission tour as CoyCdr Maintenance Company SFOR, Bosnia / Herzegovina in 1998/1999 (5 months)

1999 Staff Officer Training Course at the German Armed Forces Joint Staff und Command Academy, Hamburg

2000 - 2002 General Staff Course (No. 43) at German Armed Forces Joint Staff und Command Academy, Hamburg

2002 - 2003 G3 Plans (Training and Exercise) at German Army Forces Command, Koblenz

2003 - 2004 Student No. 9 Defence Technology Course (MSc) at Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham, United Kingdom, Graduation (MSc in Defence Technology) from Cranfield University, United Kingdom, awarded in 2005