the department for conceptual issues and international cooperation in the Naval Staff from April 2003 to January 2005. From January 2005 to June 2006 he served at the Defense Ministry's Berlin offices as deputy chief of planning for the Bundeswehr's staff. Service as an admiral In June 2006, von Dambrowski returned to Bonn, where he served in the Naval Staff as the head of staff division III, responsible for design, planning and management, in the rank of Flottillenadmiral (flotilla admiral). He served during the tenures of Axel Schimpf and Hans-Jochen Witthauer as Chiefs of Naval Staff. On 29 September 2009, von Dambrowski took over the post of deputy commander and chief of staff of the intervention forces' operational command (Kommando Operative Führung Eingreifkräfte) from Major General Rainer Fiegle, serving under Wolf-Dieter Langheld and then Markus Bentler. While still in this office, he was promoted to Konteradmiral. In October 2012, he became the first Chief of Staff of the German Navy's new unified high command, the Navy Command in Rostock. Personal life Von Dambrowski is married and has three sons. References Counter admirals of the German Navy Living people 1953 births Helmut Schmidt University alumni