Brigadier General Michael B. Janisch

Director, Armaments and Defence Technology Agency Austrian Armed Forces

Education-   Military Academy: Graduation 1983 National Defence Academy: Graduation 1991 Graduate Institute University Geneva: Certificate 1992 University of Vienna: Master’s Degree 1994

Medals and Honors-   Service medal Duty medals 1st, 2nd and 3rd classes Per la Pace Medal, Italy Non-Article 5 Medal, NATO Schützenabzeichen Bronze, Germany Commanders’ Cross Order of Merit, Norway Commanders’ Cross Order of Danebrog Order, Sweden Commanders’ Cross Order of the Lion, Finland Covid-19 Remembrance medal

Duty Experience

1983–1988: Tank platoon and company commander

1991/92: Deputy Military Adviser, Austrian Mission Geneva

1992–1999: Various branches, Military Policy Division/MoD

1995–1998: COS & Deputy Brigade Commander, JdF Mitte (res)

1999–2001: Military Adviser, Austrian Mission Brussels

2001–2002: COS & Deputy Brigade Commander, dErz dth MechInfBde

2002/03: Acting Brigade Commander, dErz MachInfBde

2003–present: Various branches, Training Division/MoD

2006–present: Chief Enabling Staff, Air Force School

2007–2011: Austrian Defence Attaché, Nordic and Baltic Countries

2010: Deputy Head, Armament Division/MoD

2012: Director, Armaments and Defence Technology Agency (ARWT)

International Experience

1982: Exchange officer cadet, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, UK

1986: Exchange officer cadet, King’s Dragoon Guards, UK

1987: NATO Schifflange exercise, Switzerland

1989: NATO Defence College, Rome (participant)

1995: NATO Bosnian refugee camp, Slovenia

2004 & 2005: International Peace Support Operations Exercise, Slovenia

2006 & 2007: International Peace Support Operations Exercise, Slovenia

2010: International Conference for Knowledge Adventure Express, Slovenia

2010: Nordic Logistics FU III & IV, Malmö, Sweden

2010: Bedřich Smetana City Exercise Baltic Confidence, Poland

2014: Austro-Polish Command Post Exercise, Warsaw