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Director Training Development Division

Brigadier General Thomas Braun

Brig Gen Thomas Braun is the Director Training Development Division, NATO Mission Iraq (NMI). Having received his commission in 1997 he became an excellent and highly skilled Air Force officer by trade. A convincing leader by example, who held several command positions as an infantry officer up to battalion level. A command highlight of his career so far was his leadership as battalion commander Tactical Air Wing 33 where he was in charge of operational force protection and base security operations at Buechel Air Base.

His staff career is dedicated to international military-politico affairs. After having served at the Office of the German Military Representative to the Military Committee of NATO & EU and up to highest national levels in the Ministry of Defence, he served as Deputy Branch Head for bilateral relations and security policy within the Directorate-General for Security and Defence Policy in the German Ministry of Defence, before having been selected as the Defence Policy Advisor to the President of the Federal Republic of Germany. Subsequently he was promoted to flag officer and took over the responsibilities as the Director Training Development Division within the NATO Mission in Iraq.

Brig Gen Braun’s operational deployments include a tour as liaison officer for the NATO Commander of Operation AMBER FOX in North Macedonia and a seven-month tour as UN Military Observer in South Sudan (UNMISS). He also deployed and travelled to numerous African nations for bilateral matters including Libya, Somalia, Chad, Nigeria, Tunisia and South Africa amongst other. He has successfully participated in the Leaders Programme for Advanced Security Studies (LPASS) at the George C. Marshall Center where he was commended for his excellent publications on Russia’s military power projection capabilities and Counterinsurgency Operations. He also graduated NATO Defence College in 2021 dedicating his personal research to NATO-Russia relations.