Carsten Jacobson

Jacobson joined the Bundeswehr in 1974 and trained as a tank commander.[1] He attended the German Fuehrungsakademie where he undertook staff officer training from 1986 to 1988.[1]

Jacobson attended the British Army's Staff College, Camberley between 1990 and 1992.[1] He served abroad as part of SFOR in Bosnia and Herzegowina between 1997 and 1998 and then served with KFOR in 1999.[1] He was transferred to the Embassy of Germany, Washington, D.C. in 2001 and served there until 2005.[1] He was transferred to the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) headquarters in Mönchengladbach in 2007.[1] He became Chief of Staff for the German Army Forces Command in 2009 and he became spokesman for ISAF in 2011.[1]

In 2012, he became commander of the 1st Panzer Division and in 2014 he became Deputy Commander of ISAF.[2]

• Badge of Honour of the Bundeswehr in Bronze (1983), in Silver (1989) and Gold (1994)
• German Armed Forces Service Medal SFOR (1998),
• NATO-Medal (1998)
• Legion of Merit (2005).

Jacobson has a British wife, Sally Jane.(nee McBride), a former Women's Royal Army Corps officer. They married in 1979 and have two sons.[1]