About Carsten Jacobson
Born 1955. Carsten Jacobson is a German military personnel.
Lieutenant General Carsten Jacobson (born 22 June 1955 in Hamburg) is a retired German Army officer and Deputy ISAF Commander.
Military career Jacobson joined the Bundeswehr in 1974 and trained as a tank commander. He attended the German Fuehrungsakademie where he undertook staff officer training from 1986 to 1988.
Honors Badge of Honour of the Bundeswehr in Bronze (1983), in Silver (1989) and Gold (1994) German Armed Forces Service Medal SFOR (1998), NATO-Medal (1998) Legion of Merit (2005).
Private life
Jacobson has a British wife, Sally Jane (nee McBride), a former Women's Royal Army Corps officer. They married in 1979 and have two sons.
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Who is Carsten Jacobson?
German Army officer
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Carsten Jacobson was born on 22 June 1955 in Hamburg.
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Carsten Jacobson is German.
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