Captain Andreas-Martin Seidl was deployed as commander of the operational and training flotilla (Einsatz- und Ausbildungsverband, EAV) from January to June 2015. With its mobilization for the refugee rescue operation, he became commander of the 1st German Sea Rescue Contingent (1. Deutsche Einsatzkontingent Seenotrettung). He has been head of department in the Planning Office of the German Armed Forces (Planungsamt der Bundeswehr) since October 1, 2015. He was captain of a minesweeper and operations officer on board the frigate “Köln.” After serving as first officer on the frigate “Niedersachsen” and working as an adviser in the German Federal Ministry of Defense (Bundesministerium der Verteidigung, BMVg), Seidl was captain of the frigate “Schleswig-Holstein” from 2007 to 2009. Subsequently, he was engaged as an adviser to Parliamentary State Secretary Thomas Kossendey, and as head of department for the development of the Intervention Forces Operational Command Headquarters (Kommando Operative Führung Eingreifkräfte) before taking over command the 2nd Frigate Squadron (2. Fregattengeschwader) in June 2012. He joined the German armed forces in July 1984. After studying economics and organizational science, he began his military career on Lindau-class minesweepers.

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