Rob Querido Email & Phone Number

Born and raised in Amsterdam, Rob Querido started his military career in 1981 at the Royal Military Academy in Breda. He graduated in 1985 as an infantry-officer.After having served as a Platoon- and Company-commander within an armored infantry battalion, he was sent to the UK and US to specialize in airmobile and sniper operations. He became one of the first instructors in the Netherlands on these topics.After his study at the Advanced Command and Staff College, he served as NATO Defense Planner at the Directorate for International Cooperation. From 1999 to 2003, He was stationed at the First German-Netherlands High Readiness Corps Staff in Germany, first as G2 Plans and later as (D)ACOS G3.His next assignment was as Military Advisor at the Permanent Military Delegation to the EU in Brussels. His main focus was on EU Battlegroups and the start of EU Missions in Africa and the Balkans. In 2005, he returned to Germany to command the 42 Armored Infantry Battalion in Seedorf. In 2007, he deployed with his unit to Afghanistan as Commander of the Battlegroup Uruzgan. During this period he led his unit on several occasions in the frontline during heavy combat.In 2008 Rob studied International Security and Grand Strategy at the Royal College of Defense Studies in London.In 2009 he returned to the Netherlands to become the commander of the Special Forces Regiment “Korps Commandotroepen” until 2012.After an assignment as advisor at the National Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Security, he was posted in Brussels again as a military advisor in the Integrated Permanent Delegation to NATO. His main focus was on Plans and Policy in general and NATO’s Future Strategy in particular.In 2016, He returned to the First German-Netherlands High Readiness Corps Staff in Germany as DCOS Operations. In 2018 he became the Chief of Staff there. He retired in 2022 from the Army.During his more than 39 years of service, Rob had several deployments in Africa, the Balkans and Afghanistan.

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