A German Admiral in the Indian Ocean
(BRUSSELS2) It is the rear-admiral (vice admiral of the squadron) Thomas JUGEL who will hang the head of the anti-piracy force of the European Union in the Indian Ocean. This from August 13, on the occasion of the four-monthly replacement replacing his Portuguese counterpart, Rear Admiral Alberto Manuel Silvestre Correia. Rear-Admiral Jugel was until now the director of the NATO Center of Excellence for Confined and Shallow Water Operations in Kiel. He has a background as a mine hunter sailor and education manager.
Born in 1957, Thomas Jugel joined the German navy at the age of 20, followed the officers' course and studied civil engineering at the Bundeswehr University in Neubiberg. He then served on auxiliary ships, minesweepers and minesweepers (Saar, Pluto, Cuxhaven) from 1985 to 1990, before becoming head of the “communications” section of the mine warfare flotilla (1990-1992). After completing the Admiralty Officers' Course, he became Deputy Commander of the 5th Minesweeper Wing (1996-1997) then Acting Commander of the 1st Wing (1998-2000) with an interlude as head of training to the mine warfare flotilla (1997-1998).
Deputy Commander of the Bremerhaven Naval School (2003-2004), he headed the “training exercises and evaluation” division at the NATO Allied Joint Command in Lisbon (2004-2006). On his return to Bonn, he took charge of the “conduct of Bundeswehr operations” section at the General Staff (2007-2008) then of “maritime operations” and “EU/UN missions”, at the operational center of the Joint Staff in Berlin (2009-2010). He participated in a session at the Center for Advanced Military Studies (CHEM) and at the Institute for Advanced National Defense Studies.
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