Brigadier General Yves Gächter

Commander of the Artillery and Armour Forces Training Command Swiss Army

Brigadier General Yves GÄCHTER Commander Armour and Artillery Training Unit Date of birth 05 March 1971 Academic qualifications Career officer with federal diploma (ETH) Office address Kaserne, CH-3609 Thun Current function Brigadier General Gächter is in charge of the Armour and Artillery Training Unit. He is responsible for the basic training of the armour and artillery forces and accountable to the Chief of Training and Education Command. The armour and artillery recruit, the NCO and officer schools, the command for tests, the military training area in Thun with its mechanised training centre, and the military training area in Bière with its artillery training centre all report to Brigadier General Gächter. Together with his staff, he ensures the further development of the operational doctrine and the technical procedures for the armour and artillery units, and he supports the introduction of new equipment and vehicles. Career 1998 Captain, commander of an armoured grenadier company 2003 Major GS, General Staff officer operations in the staff of an armoured brigade 2004 Lieutenant Colonel GS 2007 Commander of a combat engineer battalion 2011 2013 Deputy Chief of Staff in the staff of a mechanised brigade Colonel GS, Chief of Operations in the staff of a territorial region 2015 Deputy Chief of Staff training and education in the staff of a territorial region 2019 Chief of Staff in the staff of a territorial division 2020 Deputy Chief of Staff readiness and training in the staff of the Joint Operations Command 2022 Brigadier General, commander of the Tank and Artillery Training Unit Functions 1997 Swiss Military College, military academy at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich 2001 Unit career officer at the armoured grenadier recruit schools 2004 US Army Engineer Captains Career Course, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, USA 2007 Chief of the training battalion of the armoured schools 2009 2010 Group leader at the General Staff School, C2 Simulator Command, Armed Forces College Senior Course at the NATO Defence College in Rome, Italy 2013 Commander of the armoured school 21 2015 Deputy Commander of the Tank and Artillery Training Unit 2020 Deputy Chief of Staff readiness and training in the staff of the Joint Operations Command