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Press Release | Jan. 4, 2023

UNC bids farewell to Danish Army Officer MAJ Soeren Madsen



UNC has farewelled Danish Army Officer, Major Soeren Madsen, who acted as the DMZ Plans and Operations Officer at the United Nations Command Military Armistice Commission.

MAJ Madsen's military career began in 1992, his time in uniform has seen him deployed to Bosnia, Iraq, Afghanistan, South Sudan and Mali, UNC was his 7th Deployment.

MAJ Madsen speaks 4 languages and has a multitude of specialist skills; he is airborne qualified and has worked as a CIED instructor, combat tracking instructor and Weapons Intelligence Specialist.

He has jumped with paratroopers from 17 different nationalities in 8 different countries, including Normandy, Arnhem, Nijmegen and of course and in The Republic of Korea.










During his time at UNC he oversaw a Danish Combat March, marksmanship contests and combat swimming challenges.

He will returns to Denmark as the Chief of Staff of an Artillery Regiment.

Soeren, you will be missed!


유엔군사령부 군사정전위원회에서 DMZ 계획 및 운영 책임자로 활동했던 덴마크 육군 장교 소렌 매드센 소령을 소개합니다. 매드센 소령은 1992년부터 군 생활을 시작했고, 보스니아, 이라크, 아프가니스탄, 남수단, 말리에 파병되어 다국적 군과 작전을 함께한 작전에 잔뼈가 굵은 군인입니다.

매드슨 소령은 4개 국어를 구사하며, 낙하산및, 급조폭발물 대응 교관, 전투표걱 추적 교관, 무기 정보 전문가로 근무하는 등, 전투 및 작전 전문가입니다.
그는 노르망디 상륙작전, 아른헴 (마켓가든 작전), 나이메헨, 그리고 물론 대한민국을 포함한 8개국의 17개 다른 국적의 낙하산 부대와 함께 점프했다.

유엔사 군정위에서 작전장교 역할을 수행하는 동시에, 덴마크 전투 행진, 사격술 경연 대회 및 전투 수영 훈련등을 감독하였고, 도전들을 감독하는등 매우 바쁜 시간을 보냈습니다. 매드슨소령은, 고국 덴마크로 돌아가, 포병 연대의 참모장으로 복무할 것입니다.

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