On Friday, October 4, 2024, the ceremonial handover of command of the Army Logistics School in the Vega-Payer-Weyprecht barracks took place on the traditional day in the presence of the Chief of General Staff, General Rudolf Striedinger. The previous school commander and logistics expert, Brigadier Stefan Lampl, handed over command to his successor, Colonel of the General Staff Service Siegfried Skudnigg.
“Functioning logistics are the prerequisite for successful operations. Our operations in an international environment prove that training is carried out at the highest level here at the Army Logistics School. Currently under difficult environmental conditions with our logistics contingent at UNIFIL in Lebanon and the planned logistics contingent as part of the EU Battlegroup 2025. I would like to thank the outgoing commander Brigadier Stefan Lampl for his prudent and operationally oriented command and wish the new commander, Colonel of General Staff Service Siegfried Skudnigg, all the best in his new role,” said Defense Minister Klaudia Tanner.
Numerous soldiers, civilian employees and former employees of all institutes of the Army Logistics School arrived at the parade ground of the Vega Payer Weyprecht barracks to take part in the handover of command of the Army Logistics School. International visitors came to personally say goodbye to Brigadier Lampl and to congratulate the new commander, Colonel of the General Staff Service, Siegfried Skudnigg, in his new role.
“My focus in leading the Army Logistics School will be the focus on the needs of military national defense in the 2032+ development plan,” stated the new school commander in his speech.
Colonel of the General Staff Service Skudnigg joined the air force in 1996 before completing the military academy from 1998 to 2002 and the diploma course in higher leadership to become a general staff officer from 2007 to 2010.
A foreign assignment in Kosovo as commander of the “Joint Logistic Support Group” at KFOR as well as a foreign assignment in the EU military staff in Brussels and the management of the military medical center of the armed forces led the now 49-year-old through numerous national and international logistics functions before taking command of the army logistics school.
In his next role, Brigadier Stefan Lampl will be Chief of Staff at the Austrian Military Mission to the European Union in Brussels.
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