Carsten Jacobson
| Carsten Jacobson | |
|---|---|
 Carsten Jacobson in Afghanistan, 2012 | |
| Born | 22 June 1955 |
| Allegiance |
 Germany |
| Service/branch |
 German Army |
| Years of service | 1974–present |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Battles/wars | War in Afghanistan (2001–present) |
Lieutenant General Carsten Jacobson (born 1955 in Hamburg) is a German Army officer and Deputy ISAF Commander.
Military career
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 1900 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]
Honors
- 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).
Private life
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]