Chief of Staff at the General Staff of the Slovenian Armed Forces - Brigadier General Dean GROFF
Biography
Brigadier General Dean Groff was born on 30 October 1969 in Postojna. He joined the Slovenian Armed Forces in 1992. He obtained a master's degree in International Strategic Military Studies in 2006 and a master's degree in logistics in 2007.
Commanding and Executive Positions in the Slovenian Armed Forces and the Ministry of Defence
- Infantry Platoon Commander
- Infantry Company Commander
- Assistant to the Head of Traffic Unit, Military Police Branch
- Commander of the 107th Military Police Company
- Military Police Battalion Commander
- Head of the Chief of the General Staff’s Office
- Head of the J1 - Personnel Division, SAF General Staff
- Deputy Defence Policy Director, Ministry of Defence
- Head of Military Affairs Division, Ministry of Defence
- Assistant to Chief of the General Staff
Deployments
- Bosnia in Herzegovina – SFOR, SAF Contingent Commander, Sarajevo, 2000
- Kosovo – KFOR, SAF Contingent Commander, Prizren, 2003/2004
Military Education and Training
- Platoon Leader Seminar
- Officer Candidate School
- Joint Headquarters Northeast Operational Planning & Logistic Workshop, Finland
- Multinational Joint Logistic Centre (MJLC) Course, Germany
- Studi internazionali strategico - militari, ISSMI, Italy
- High Level Course
- International Capstone Course, IASD, Italy
Awards and Decorations (Highest):
- <p>Slovenian:</p>
- <ul> <li>Gold Plaque of the 17th Military Police Battalion</li> <li>Gold Medal of the Chief of the General Staff</li> <li>Gold Medal of the Slovenian Armed Forces</li> <li>General Franc Rozman Stane Medal</li> <li>Silver Medal of General Maister</li> </ul>
- <p>International:</p>
- <ul> <li>NATO Medal, Bosnia and Herzegovina</li> <li>Italian Army Medal (2x)</li> <li>Argentinean Gendarmerie Medal</li> <li>NATO Medal, Kosovo 2003/2004</li> <li>Hungarian Army Gold Medal for Cooperation<br /> </li> </ul>
Brigadier General Groff is in a non-marital relationship and has three children. He speaks English, Italian and Serbo-Croatian.