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Thomas Süssli, chief of the Swiss Armed Forces since 2020 Structure of the Swiss Army, 2018 (click to enlarge) In peacetime, the Swiss Armed Forces are led by the Chief of the Armed Forces (Chef der Armee), who reports to the head of the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport and to the Swiss Federal Council as a whole.
Swiss Air Force PC-7 Turbo Trainer Swiss Air Force TAFLIR mobile radar near Pfäfers. The Air Force Training and Education Brigade (French: Brigade d'instruction et d'entraînement des Forces aériennes) trains the air force's personnel. [19] [20] Air Force Training and Education Brigade, at Payerne Air Base
The 2nd Swiss Regiment was raised by Emperor Napoleon in October 1806. [2] In August 1807, the regiment was sent to the Gironde Observation Corps , which would participate in the invasion of Portugal. [2] The unit fought in the Iberian Peninsula within the French Army of Spain (Armée d'Espagne), both in Portugal and Spain. [2]
The 1st Swiss Regiment (French: 1ère Régiment Suisse) was a Swiss mercenary line infantry regiment in the French Imperial Army during the Napoleonic Wars.During the expansion of the Imperial Army in 1803, Napoleon decreed the formation of four Swiss mercenary regiments, one of these later becoming the famed 1st Swiss.
The Special Forces Command (German: Kommando Spezialkräfte) is an infantry corps of the Swiss Armed Forces specialised in rapid offensive operations, intel gathering and operations in urban areas, open fields and other difficult terrains, capable of acting on short notice. [3]
The Regiment de Watteville was a Swiss regiment founded by Louis de Watteville and recruited from regiments that served between 1799 and 1801 in the Austrian army but in British pay. The Swiss soldiers were then transferred to British service.
A second initiative aimed at the army's dissolution in late 2001 received a mere 21.9% support. [10] Nevertheless, the army was shrunk again in 2004, to 220,000 men ("Armee XXI"), including the reserves. In 2003, for the first time since 1815, Switzerland deployed troops on foreign soil. The Swiss Armed Forces deployed 31 soldiers to Afghanistan.
Battalion commander, staff officer in large units (BDE). Oberst (Oberst) Colonel (Col) Colonnello (Col) Colonel (Col) Colonel: Under special circumstances appointment to battalion commander, deputy commander of a brigade, staff officer in larger units (BDE). Fachoffizier (FachOf) Officier spécialiste (Of spéc) Ufficiale specialista (Uff spec ...