Sergeant Major Ion CHIRU
Date and place of birth: May 13th 1967, Focsani, Vrancea, Romania
Civil Education: High school Diploma 1981-1985
MARITAL STATUS :
Married, 1 child
Military education:
Field Artillery NCO School 1985-1987: “Gheorghe Lazar” Field Artillery NCO School Sibiu, Sibiu
Field Artillery NCO Course1990: Field Artillery Branch School Ploiesti, Prahova
Command Platoon Commander Course 1998: Field Artillery School Sibiu, Sibiu
American Language Course 1998: Foreign Languages Center Sibiu, Sibiu
Battle Staff Course 1999: USASMA Fort Bliss, Texas, US
Sergeant Major Course 2001-2002: USASMA Fort Bliss, Texas, US
Command Sergeant Major Course 2002: USASMA Fort Bliss, Texas, US
Plutonier adjutant Course: Field Artillery School Sibiu, Sibiu
Date of Ranks and Positions:
(E5) 1987 - Logistical Field Artillery Battery NCO
(E6) 1993 - Survey Squad leader
(E8) 1998- Survey Squad leader
2002- Platoon Commander
2002- Senior Enlisted Leader of the 8th Artillery Brigade
2004- Operational Assistant to the Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Allied Command Operations SHAPE, Mons, Belgium
(E9) 2007 Senior Enlisted Leader of the 8th Artillery Brigade
International Assignments:
April-May 1998: Grafen Wohr Training Area Germany, 4th Bn 27th Field Artillery USA;
September 10th –29th 1999: Under Job Training (OJT)108 ADA Brigade S3 NCO,Fort Bliss TX USA;
May 13th –17th 2000 : Camp Shelby Training Area Mississippi, Annual Training of National Guard Alabama;
October 24th –27th 2002: Kandahar, Afghanistan
May 12th -July 15th 2003 : Constanta, SEEBRIG, “Corner Stone”.
June 2004-June 2007: NATO, Allied Command Operations, Supreme Headquarter Allied Powers Europe, Command Group, Office of Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Allied Command Operations, Operational Assistant
Brigadier General PhD. Florinel DAMIAN
DATE AND BIRTH PLACE :
- 24.01 1958
MARITAL STATUS :
- Married, 1 child
POSITIONS HELD :
- 1980 - 1991 – plt. leader to arty bn. cos - 43rd ARTY BRIGADE;
- 1991 - 1993 – student - NATIONAL MIL. UNIV.;
- 1993 - 1995 – chief of reconaissance, deputy chief of staff - 43rd ARTY BRIGADE;
- 1995 - 1998 – commander - 25th ARTY BATALLION;
- 1998 - 2000 – chief of staff - 16th ARTY BRIGADE;
- 2000 - 2006 – chief of office, chief of branch - LAND FORCES STAFF;
- 2006 - 2007 - ministry counsellor - MINISTRY of DEFENCE;
- since 2007 – 8th Mixed Artillery Brigade Commander.
COURSES :
- Battery Commanders Course - 1984
- Battalion Staff Course - 1986
- High Military Academy - 1991 - 1993
- Brigade Course (UK / RO Training Centre) - 1997
- Joint Course (UK / RO Training Centre) - 2001
- Ph.D. in MILITARY SCIENCE - 1998 - 2001
- Course BMATT (UK) - Czech Republic - 2004
FOREIGN LANGUAGES :
- English
- German
He participated on follow international exercises:
In May 2000 Lieutenant-colonel DAMIAN was assigned to Romanian Land Forces Staff as Chief of Arty Office, where he was promoted to colonel in June 2003.
Since November 2003, Colonel DAMIAN is the Chief of Combat Units Training Branch / Training and Doctrine Structure.
His personal career building process includes a comprehensive education and training program. After Military School he has attended different commander and staff courses of the General and Land Forces Staff.
From 1991 to 1993 he was sent to the Military Academy from Romania, where he was graduated with very good certificate in the field of Arty Branch. Later, he served at Arty battalion / brigade and Romanian Land Forces Staff and exercised his academic skills and knowledge in the training and development weapon systems areas.
In the field of Military Science; he graduated Doctorate and he became the Ph. D. title starting with 2001.
Colonel DAMIAN fluently speaks and writes in English, and has satisfactory level of German.
From August 14th 2004 to March 03rd 2005, he participated to the “IRAQI FREEDOOM” Operation as a Deputy of G.3 Chief in MND CS / MNF-I. There, for outstanding support and dedication to the coalition mission, in accordance with the special instructions in Chapter 3, AR 600-8-22, he was awarded by THE US DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY with “THE ARMY ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL” (No. PO 006 – 005 / January 06th 2005) and with “THE ARMY COMMENDATION MEDAL” (No. PO 256 – 033 / September 13th 2005).
