Lieutenant General Rohrschneider has assumed Command of the Joint Support and Enabling Command on October 10, 2024.
He has been a Director-General at the Federal Ministry of Defence from 2020 to 2024. He was initially Director-General for Forces Policy and, following reorganisation of the Ministry, has been Director-General for Joint Force Readiness and Support.
In the general staff, he served in assignments such as Chief of Staff at Multinational Joint Headquarters Ulm from 2018 to 2020, Chief of Staff at the U.S. Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR) headquarters in Wiesbaden from 2016 to 2018, Chief of Branch I 2 in the Directorate-General for Security and Defence Policy at the Federal Ministry of Defence from 2012 to 2014 and Chief of Division G3 of 13th Armoured Infantry Division in Leipzig from 2008 to 2011.
Lieutenant General Rohrschneider has performed command assignments as Platoon Leader in 93rd Tank Demonstration Battalion in Munster, Company Commander in 74th Tank Battalion in Cuxhaven, Commander of 393rd Tank Battalion in Bad Salzungen, Commander of 21st Armoured Brigade (“Lipperland”) and Deputy Commander of Joint Support and Enabling Command in Ulm.
On the Bundeswehr’s operations abroad, he led the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Kunduz, Afghanistan as Commander after previously serving in it as Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff. He was awarded the Combat Action Medal for ISAF.
Lieutenant General Rohrschneider graduated from the Economics and Management Studies Programme with a degree in business administration, and successfully completed the National General/Admiral Staff Officer Course at the Bundeswehr Command and Staff College, the Advanced Command and Staff Course at the Joint Service Command and Staff College in Shrivenham (UK) and the National Security Programme at the Canadian Forces College in Toronto (Canada).
He has been awarded the Silver and Gold Crosses of Honour of the Bundeswehr, the Bronze Foreign Duty Medal for ISAF, the Combat Action Medal for ISAF, the Bronze NATO Medal for ISAF and the Legion of Merit – Officers Class from the US armed forces.
He is married to Ms Isa Belgrad.