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Colonel Darius MILASIUS

Colonel Darius MILASIUS

Commander, Special Operations Forces, Lithuania

Position:

  • Commander of Lithuanian Special Operations Forces

Service:

  • 2023 – Commander, LTU SOF
  • 2021 – 2023 Commander, LTU SOF Vytautas the Great Jaeger Battalion
  • 2019 – 2021 Military Assistant to the LTU Chief of Defense
  • 2015 – 2018 NATO Special Operations Headquarters (SHAPE), Belgium
  • 2014 – 2015 Training Centre, LTU SOF
  • 2010 – 2014 Commander, Combat Squadron, LTU SOF Vytautas the Great Jaeger Battalion
  • 2008 – 2010 Second-in-Command, Combat Squadron, LTU SOF Vytautas the Great Jaeger Battalion
  • 2004 – 2008 Leader, Special Operations Task Unit, LTU SOF Vytautas the Great Jaeger Battalion
  • 2003 – 2004 Platoon Commander, LTU SOF Vytautas the Great Jaeger Battalion

Education:

  • 2021 – Master of Political Science and Diplomacy, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania
  • 2008 – Master of Human Resource Management, Technology University of Kaunas, Lithuania
  • 2003 – Bachelor of Public Administration, General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania

Qualification:

  • 2024 – Senior course, NATO Defense College, Italy.
  • 2019 – Joint Command and General Staff Course, Baltic Defense College, Estonia
  • 2013 – Army Command and Staff Officer Course, General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania
  • 2011 – Junior Commander and Staff Officer Course, General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania

Awards and Decorations:

  • State Medal of the Order of the Cross of Vytis
  • National Defense System Medal of Merit
  • National Defense System Medal for Distinguished Service
  • National Defense System Medal for Deployment on International Missions
  • Lithuanian Armed Forces Medal of Merit
  • Lithuanian Armed Forces Medal for Distinguished Service
  • Lithuanian Armed Forces Medal for Serviceman and Civilians for 100 Years of Restoration of the Lithuanian Armed Forces
  • Lithuanian Special Operations Forces Medal for Distinguished Service
  • Latvian National Armed Forces Medal for Participation in International Operations
  • Estonian Defense League Medal for Special Merits
  • NATO ISAF Medal
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