Alfons Mais

Alfons Mais joined the Bundeswehr in 1981 and served with the Army Aviation Training Center in Bückeburg, where he started as an Officer candidate. From 1982 to 1985 he studied Economics and Organizational Sciences at the University of the German Federal Armed Forces.^[1] From 1985 to 1987 he was trained in Hannover and Bückeburg to become a helicopter pilot, followed by an assignment as Alouette II pilot at the Niederstetten Air Base from 1987 to 1989.^[1] He became adjutant to the commander of the Army Office in Cologne until 1991, when Mais was transferred to Fassberg where he commanded a squadron, the Heeresfliegerversorgungsstaffel 105.^[1] After staff officer training and a deployment with the Luftmechanisierten Brigade 1, he was part of the Stabilisation Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina, before becoming commanding officer of the Fliegenden Abteilung 101 in 2000.^[1] From 2001 to 2002 he commanded a mixed air force unit with KFOR in Topliçan.^[1]

He became a teacher at the Bundeswehr Command and Staff College from 2002 to 2004, followed by various staff assignments, and in 2007, an additional role as chairman of the EU/NATO Capability Group in Brussels.^[1] From 2011 to 2013 he commanded the 1st Airmobile Brigade, including a deployment to Afghanistan with ISAF in 2012/2013.^[1] In 2013 he took command of the Heeresfliegerwaffenschule in Bückeburg.^[1] In 2014 Mais became chief of staff with the Army Command in Strausberg, followed in 2018 by the role of C/O with the NATO Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan. In 2019 he became commanding officer of the I German/Dutch Corps in Münster, before being chosen as Inspector of the Army in 2020.^[1]