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
Sessions