Major General Bogdan Rycerski,  Polish Army, Commander Joint Force Training Centre

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, 4th Armored Cavalry Brigade, Orzysz (POL)

1995–2000 – Tank Company Commander, 4th Armored Cavalry Brigade, Orzysz (POL)

2000–2002 – Tank Company Commander, 15th  Mechanised Brigade, Giżycko (POL)

2004–2010 – Tank Battalion DCOM, then Brigade OPS Section Chief, 10th Armoured Cavalry Brigade, Świętoszów (POL)

2010–2011 – Tank Battalion Commander, 34th Armoured Cavalry Brigade, Żagań (POL)

2011–2017 – Tank Battalion Commander, then Brigade Chief of Staff, 10th Armoured Cavalry Brigade, Świętoszów (POL)

2017–2020 – Deputy Commander, 15th Mechanised Brigade, Giżycko (POL)

2020–2021 – Commander, 15th 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 14th 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