CFSU(E) Selfkant-Kaserne (Niederheid)-
Commanding Officer
Quimperléstr. 100 Selfkant-Kaserne, 52511 Geilenkirchen, Germany
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL WERNER LIEDTKE
Commanding Officer
Canadian Forces Support Unit (Europe)
Lieutenant-Colonel Werner Liedtke began his military career as a member of the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders. Upon reaching the rank of Corporal, he was accepted as an Officer Cadet at Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario. Graduating with a Bachelor of Administration from Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean in 1988, he then completed his logistics training in Borden, Ontario.
Lieutenant-Colonel Liedtke’s first posting was to Toronto, Ontario and he has since served extensively with the Logistics Finance Community. Highlights include being appointed the 8 Wing/CFB Trenton Comptroller, Staff Officer to the Director General Financial Services and various finance positions in Ottawa. He also served at Joint Force Command Brunssum in the Netherlands as the J8 Budget Officer responsible for NATO ISAF operations in Afghanistan. He deployed to Kabul in January 2004 as the ISAF HQ Deputy CJ8.
Lieutenant-Colonel Liedtke is a Certified Management Accountant and completed Master Degrees in Business Administration at the University of Ottawa and in Defence Studies from Royal Military College. He graduated from the Canadian Forces Command and Staff College in 2006.
Promoted to his current rank in 2006, he served as the Information Management Group Comptroller and as Director of Budget 3, responsible for budget operations within the Department of National Defence. In 2009 Lieutenant-Colonel Liedtke assumed his present duties as Commanding Officer of the Canadian Forces Support Unit (Europe) in Geilenkirchen, Germany.
