This German officer, Brigadier General Laubenthal, will NOT be the US Army Chief of Staff. That is currently General Odierno; The BG Laubenthal will be the “Chief of Staff” of US Army Europe working for and subordinate to the USAREUR Commander LTG Donald Campbell. As chief of staff he oversees the primary staff officers: G-1, G-2, G-3, G-4 & etc and coordinate their actions.
Think of the movie “The Devil’s Brigade” where the Brigade Commander was an American Colonel and the XO was a Canadian Lieutenant Colonel.
Or during WWII when General Dwight Eisenhower was the Supreme Allied Commander and his Deputy Commander was British Air Chief Marshal Arthur Tedder.
And seeing that the US Army has only 2 combat brigades in Europe, this makes some sense to me.
Thanks for that info and for the movie tip. I don’t think I have ever seen this.
I was aware that he will be Chief to the Europe Commander. I didn’t know exactly what to think of this as none of my family/extended family serve in our Military.