Chief of the Joint Staff

Brig. gen. Vilmantas Tamošaitis

DATE OF BIRTH

20 April 1966

PLACE OF BIRTH

Kalvarija district, Lithuania

MILITARY EDUCATION

1995 Military Academy of Lithuania

2000 Bundeswehr General Staff Academy, Germany

2008 US Air University, Air War College, Master's degree

PROFESIONAL BACGROUND

1992 Platoon Commander

1993 Deputy Company Commander

1996 Battalion Staff Officer

1999 Battalion Chief of Staff

2001 Senior Planning Officer at the Defense Staff of MoND

2003 Battalion Commander

2005 Brigade Chief of Staff

2008 Brigade commander

2011 Chief of the Joint Staff of the Lithuanian Armed Forces

MILITARY RANKS

1992 2nd Lieutenant

1994 1st lieutenant

1996 Captain

2001 Major

2005 Lieutenant Colonel

2008 Colonel

2012 Brigadier general

AWARDS

1997 Nominal weapon

1998 Marijampolė MIB Honor Sign

2004 Commemorative Medal marking Lithuania's accession to NATO

2004 Honor sign „Iron Wolf"

2005 Medal „For Distinction"

2007 Lithuanian Armed Forces Medal for Merits

2010 Lithuanian Armed Forces Medal for Merits

2011 Nominal gift

FOREIGN LANGUAGES

German, English, Russian