Liaison officer

The liaison officer (VO) is an officer whose job holding and maintaining professional contacts with to

  • Other branches of the armed forces of its own military,
  • Civil institutions of their own country (eg to the Federal President )
  • Civilian agencies and authorities at the level of administrative districts and counties within the framework of civil-military cooperation, (Commissioner of the Bundeswehr for Civil-Military Cooperation )
  • Armies, air forces and navies of friendly forces

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Liaison officers are mostly members of the sending organizations / institutions and to ensure the observance of the interests of your associations in the receiving authorities. Particularly relevant, the liaison officers in carrying out joint operations.

The Bundeswehr has become common to call this after the NATO abbreviation also LNO ( Liaison Officer ).

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