Major General Bogdan Rycerski

Major General Bogdan Rycerski was born on 6 December, 1971 in Wohyń, Lubelskie Voivodeship, Poland. He assumed the command of the Joint Force Training Centre in Bydgoszcz, Poland on 30 September 2024.

Military career:

• 1995 – Platoon Leader, 4^th Armored Cavalry Brigade, Orzysz (POL)
• 1995–2000 – Tank Company Commander, 4^th Armored Cavalry Brigade, Orzysz (POL)
• 2000–2002 – Tank Company Commander, 15^th  Mechanised Brigade, Giżycko (POL)
• 2004–2010 – Tank Battalion DCOM, then Brigade OPS Section Chief, 10^th Armoured Cavalry Brigade, Świętoszów (POL)
• 2010–2011 – Tank Battalion Commander, 34^th Armoured Cavalry Brigade, Żagań (POL)
• 2011–2017 – Tank Battalion Commander, then Brigade Chief of Staff, 10^th Armoured Cavalry Brigade, Świętoszów (POL)
• 2017–2020 – Deputy Commander, 15^th Mechanised Brigade, Giżycko (POL)
• 2020–2021 – Commander, 15^th Mechanised Brigade, Giżycko (POL)
• 2021–2024 – Chief of Staff, Multinational Corps Northeast, Szczecin (POL)

Service outside Poland:

• 2007 – Chief of INFOOPS MND-CS at the 8th rotation of PMC to Iraq
• 2010–2011 – DCOS OPS at the 8th rotation of PMC to Afghanistan
• 2013–2014 – Contingent DCOM/COS at the 14^th rotation of PMC to Afghanistan

Education:

• 2002–2004 – Management and Command studies at the National Defence Academy – master’s degree
• 2008 – Battalion Commander Course at the National Defence Academy
• 2015–2016 – Senior level Operational-Strategic Course at the National Defence Academy – postgraduate diploma
• 2020 – Defence Policy at the War Studies University

Decorations and medals:

• Military Cross of Merit with Swords
• Star of Iraq
• Star of Afghanistan (x2)
• Bronze Star Medal
• NATO Medal of ISAF
• MND CS Iraq Medal
• Gold Medal for Merit for the Defence of the Country
• Pro Patria Medal

Promotions:

• 1995 – 2nd Lieutenant
• 1999 – 1st Lieutenant
• 2003 – Captain
• 2004 – Major
• 2010 – Lieutenant Colonel
• 2017 – Colonel
• 2020 – Brigadier General
• 2024 – Major General

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