1983 - 1987
Army College in Vyskov, Control and use of combat forces
1998 - 1999
Command and Staff College of Marine Corps University, Virginia, USA
2004
Royal College of Defence Studies, London, UK
2012
Generals, Flag Officers Course, NATO Defence College, Rome, Italy
Service career:
1987 - 1990
4th Armoured Division in Jihlava, from a tank platoon leader through to armoured battalion commander
1990 - 1992
Commander of Reserve Training Battalion Group, 13th Tank Material Depot
1994 - 1997
4th Rapid Deployment Brigade in Havlickuv Brod – positions: training officer of mechanised troops group, training officer of parachute and airborne group, airborne training officer
1998
Deputy Commander, 43rd Airborne Battalion in Chrudim
1999 - 2003
Commander, 43rd Airborne Mechanised Battalion in Chrudim
2004 - 2008
Commander, 4th Rapid Deployment Brigade in Zatec
2008
Deputy Director, MoD Force Development Division, Director of Operations Department
28 October 2008
Promoted Brigadier General
2009 - 2010
Director, MoD Force Development Division – Operations Division
2010 - 2014
Deputy Chief of General Staff – Director of the MoD Joint Operations Centre
28 October 2011
Promoted Major General
2014 - 2017
National Military Representative of the Czech Republic to the NATO SHAPE, Mons, Belgium
1 August 2017
Deputy Chief of General Staff - Chief of Staff
28 October 2017
Promoted Lieutenant General
1 May 2018
Appointed Chief of the General Staff
28 October 2018
Promoted General
Operational deployments:
1992 - 1993
UNPROFOR, former Yugoslavia
1995
UNPROFOR, former Yugoslavia
1996
NATO IFOR, Bosnia and Herzegovina
1999 - 2000
Commander, 43rd Airborne Battalion in SFOR, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2002 - 2003
Chief of the Joint Implementation Commission at British-led Multinational Brigade – Centre, and Commander of the CZE Contingent, KFOR, Kosovo
2007
Commander of the CZE Contingent – Chief of Staff, Provincial Reconstruction Team Feyzabad, ISAF, Afghanistan
Selected decorations:
Ordre national de la Legion d'honneur – grade d'officier, France
French War Cross with a Bronze Star, France
State Defence Cross of Czech Minister of Defence
Cross of Merit of Czech Minister of Defence, Glass I
Czech Armed Forces Honorary Badge of Merit
Medal of Czech Minister of Defence for Service Abroad
UNPROFOR Operation Medal, Class I
NATO IFOR Operation Medal (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
NATO SFOR Operation Medal (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
NATO KFOR Operation Medal (Kosovo)
NATO ISAF Operation Medal (Afghanistan)
Training courses:
Instructor of self-defence and MUSADO man-to-man fighting, Grade II
