Chairman's Biography
REAR ADMIRAL, ELIS TREIDLER ÖBERG
Rear Admiral Elis Treidler Öberg will be the new Chairman of the Inter-American Defense Board (IADB) June, 29 2007. Admiral Öberg graduated Midshipman in 1974 and ascended Rear Admiral (Upper Half) in 2005.
MAIN ASSIGNMENTS
§ Patrol Boat “Parati” - Commanding Officer
§ High Sea’s Tug “Almirante Guillobel” - Commanding Officer
§ Instructor of Politics and Strategy of Naval War College
§ Southeast Naval Group - Commanding Officer
§ Landing Ship Dock Rio de Janeiro - Commanding Officer
§ Fleet Division Two - Chief Of Staff
§ Support of Operational Systems Center - Commanding Officer
§ Navy’s General Material Directory - Navy’s Modernization Program Coordinator
MAIN COURSES
§ Bachelor in Naval Sciences, Graduate in Operational Mechanical Engineering – Naval Academy -1974
§ Command and Staff Course – Master of Naval Sciences – Naval War College – Presented the work “The Actuality of Douhet’s Ideas and your applicably to Aircraft Carriers”. Published for Brazilian Maritime Magazine – 1989
§ Superior Course of Naval War – Naval War College – presented the work “Naval Patrol in Brazil: Actual Situation and Perspectives”– 1990
§ Superior Course of Naval War – Naval War College – Spanish Navy – Defended the Thesis “Estrategias Navales para Potencias en Desarrollo” – 1994
§ Politic and Strategy Maritime Course – Doctorate in Naval Sciences – Naval War College – Presented the work “The Political Use of Sea Power” - 2001
(Current as of July 2007)
