# Experience: Officer — German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr)
## July 2008 – November 2014 | Germany

### Cross-Position Section

**Source:** User confirmation (2026-07-10); thiessen_linkedin_profile.md

**Career arc framing:** Dennis completed the officer candidate course and officer school during six years in the German Armed Forces, leaving service as Second Lieutenant. This is relevant to NATO and defence roles as authentic operational and organisational context. It was not a technical AI or NATO civilian role, and no current or former clearance should be inferred.

### Achievement BW-1: Officer Training and Service

**Canonical ID:** BW-1
**Last verified:** 2026-08-27
**User's role:** Officer candidate / officer
**Status:** Completed service; resigned as Second Lieutenant
**Ownership scope:** Individual service and completed training. No command scope, deployment or technical military responsibility is established.
**Verified result / metric state:** Six years of service and separation as Second Lieutenant are verified; no performance metric is established.

**Context:** Completed officer candidate training and officer school, then served in the German Armed Forces for six years.

**Safe bullet direction:** Completed officer candidate training and officer school during six years in the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr), leaving service as Second Lieutenant. Do not imply a current clearance, NATO service, combat role, technical AI work, or responsibilities not verified.

**ATS keywords:** German Armed Forces, Bundeswehr, officer, multinational environment, operational context, structured leadership
**Relevant role context:** Defence, military and public-security employers; organisational familiarity rather than technical evidence.

**Reframing notes:**
- Defence / NATO roles: Include as concise context for operational judgement and organisational familiarity.
- All other roles: Omit or retain only as an additional-information line.
- Accuracy: State only verified training, service duration and rank.