Studies:
1976-1980: Industrial High School “1 Mai” Ploieşti, electrotechnical profile;
1980-1983: Military School of Active Officers of Signals, Sibiu;
1984: Course for commanders of companies and research groups in the2001-2002: Postgraduate course in leadership of large units in the categories of the armed forces, Command and Staff College/Academy of Higher Military Studies;
1997-2002: Faculty of History/University of Bucharest.
2003-2007: Doctoral training at the National Defense University – doctor in military sciences, field of Military Sciences and Information.
2008: English language course.
2009: Public relations course for large unit commanders
2011: Course on “Initiation into the history and philosophy of science and technology”, organized by the Romanian Committee for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology of the Romanian Academy
2012: Postgraduate course in strategic leadership – Joint level, War College/National Defense University “Carol I”, Bucharest.
2015: Professional skills evaluator course organized by the Ministry of National Defense within the “Mihai Viteazul” Combat Unit Application School, Piteşti
Professional activity:
1983-1985: Radio platoon commander, 105th Transmissions Battalion;
1985-1990:1997-1999: Chief Instructor, “Major General Grigore Baştan” Parachute Application School;
1999-2001: Chief of Staff, 500th Special Missions Battalion;
2001: Senior Instructor, “Major General Grigore Baştan” Parachute Application School;
2001-2002: Head of Management and Foreign Languages Department, “Major General Grigore Baştan” Parachute Application School;
2002-2005 Head of Development and Weapons Regulations Section, “Major General Grigore Baştan” Parachute Application School.
2005-2007 Head of the Research, Development and Weapons Regulations Section, “Major General Grigore Baştan” Special Operations Forces Application School.
2007: (February-September) – I served as Deputy Commander of the “Major General Grigore Baştan” Special Operations Forces Application School.
2007:2008- 2017 Editor-in-chief of the journal Gândirea militară românească, published by the General Staff of the Romanian Army;
2008 – present Associate Professor at the Department of Military Management and Pedagogical Training at the “Carol I” National Defense University, Bucharest;
2013 – present Associate Professor at the Faculty of Military Sciences of the “Nicolae Bălcescu” Land Forces Academy, Sibiu – Course on the History of Intelligence in International Conflicts (master’s program).
Scientific activity:
starting with 2002, I participated in several scientific communication sessions organized by various institutions and scientific associations, with communications on the history of special forces (paratroopers, intelligence and special operations forces), as well as other topics of national and world history; the communications were published in the volumes edited by the organizers of the respective scientific events, and in the military and civilian press I published several materials related to the history of military parachuting, as well as a series of articles (studies, essays, reports, interviews, etc.) regarding the activity of military parachutists and intelligence services;.
Associate professor at the National Defense University “Carol I” Bucharest.
Associate professor at the Academy of the Land Forces
e “Nicolae Bălcescu” Sibiu, in the course of History of Intelligence in International Confrontations;
starting with 2008 I have coordinated/scientifically led bachelor’s and master’s theses within the “Nicolae Bălcescu” Land Forces Academy in Sibiu;
Published works:
Books – sole author:
– Jump in History, Publishing House of the Academy of Higher Military Studies, Bucharest, 2003;
– Airborne Troops during the Second World War – Military Publishing House – Bucharest, 2006;
– Military Parachuting in Romania, Publishing House of the Army’s Technical Editorial Center, Bucharest, 2 editions (2009; 2010)
– Defeated Heroes of the Revolution, Military Publishing House, Bucharest, 2009;
– Nobody’s Heroes – Paratroopers in Romania during and after World War II, Military Publishing House, Bucharest, 2010;
– Paratrooper Captain Mihail Ţanţu – the deeds, confession and sentence of a knight, Military Publishing House, Bucharest, 2015;
– Through historical Buzău. Places, facts, personalities, Editgraph Publishing House, Buzău, 2016, (second edition, revised and added 2018);
– Information and special operations in military confrontations, “Nicolae Bălcescu” Land Forces Academy Publishing House, Sibiu, 2018;
– Service words – editorials 2009-2017, Military Publishing House, Bucharest, 2018;
– Paratroopers – between the mirage of legends and the memory of documents, Military Publishing House, Bucharest, 2021.
Collaborative works (co-author/coordinator):
– Military Science Treatise, vol. 3, edited by the Military Section of the Academy of Scientists of Romania, National Defense University Publishing House, Bucharest, 2004 (co-author);
– Current Strategic and Operational Concepts, edited by the Ministry of National Defense/Land Forces General Staff and the Academy of Scientists of Romania/Military Science Section, Army Editorial Technical Center Publishing House, Bucharest, 2004 (co-author);
– 55 years of military parachuting in Buzău, edited by the Ministry of National Defense/2nd Joint Operational Command “Marshal Alexandru Averescu”, Publishing House of the Army’s Technical Editorial Center, Bucharest, 2006 (co-author);
– Encyclopedia of the Romanian Army, volume edited by the General Staff of the Romanian Army, Publishing House of the Army’s Technical-Editorial Center, Bucharest, 2009 (co-author);
– The Army in Buzău County – a historical retrospective, vol. I-II, edited by the “Marshal Alexandru Averescu” Foundation, Editing Graph, Buzău, 2016;
– Guard in the path of storms, 2005-2020. Retrospective almanac. 15 years of traditions, Editing Graph, Buzău, 2020 (co-author);
– From the 2nd Army to the 2nd Infantry Division Getica 1916-2021 – 105 years of history in images. Retrospective album, Editgraph Publishing House, Buzău, 2021 (co-author);;
– 60th Paratrooper Battalion “Băneasa-Otopeni” – tradition and future (history in images), Vega Publishing House, Buzău, 2005, completed and republished by the Publishing House of the Technical-Editorial Center of the Army, Bucharest, 2010 (co-author);
– “Major General Grigore Baştan” Paratrooper Application School – tradition as an argument for the future, Publishing House of the “Major General Grigore Baştan” Special Operations Forces Application School, Buzău, 2006 (co-author);
– Military Romania – the promoter of Romanian military thinking, retrospective almanac, Army Technical Center Publishing House, Bucharest, 2014 (co-author);;
– Buzău – the city of Romanian military aviation and parachuting, Alpha MDN Publishing House, Buzău, 2019 (co-author);
– Military information – 160 years in the service of the Romanian Army, Editgraph Publishing House, 2019 (co-ordinator);
– Buzoian scouts. 2011-2021 – Anniversary almanac. 10 years of continuity, Editgraph Publishing House, Buzău, 2020 (co-ordinator);
– Paratrooper School from Crângul Buzăului – 35 years in the service of the Romanian Army (1986-2021), Editgraph Publishing House, Buzău, 2021 (coordinator)
Member of the editorial board and scientific councils:
– PARAŞUTIŞTII Magazine (1997- );
– Străjer în calea furtunilor Magazine (2007- );
– Gândirea militară românească Magazine (2008- );
– Impact Strategic Magazine (2014- );
– Cercetasii Buzoieni Magazine (2012- )
– Document Magazine – Bulletin of Military Archives (2014- )
– România Eroică Magazine (2015- )
Scientific awards:
– “Man of the Year” distinction, 1st place at the General Staff of the Romanian Army, Education, Science and Military Art section, 2010;
– “Marshal Constantin Prezan” Award of the Academy of Scientists of Romania, 2010 (as editor-in-chief of the magazine Gândirea militara românească);
– Diploma of Excellence of the magazine Gândirea militara românească, 2019
– “Army Corps General Ioan Sichitiu” Award, at the 2019 edition of the Gândirea militara românească Awards, for the work Information and special operations in military confrontations;
– “General Grigore Baştan” Award of the “Magazin Istoric” Cultural Foundation, 2022 edition, for the volume Paratroopers between the mirage of legends and the memory of documents – studies, documents, evocations, testimonies;
Member of professional and scientific associations:
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Associate member of the History of Science Division of the Romanian Committee for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology of the Romanian Academy;
– Society of Military Writers;
– Union of Professional Journalists of Romania/UZPR;
– Union of Epigrammists of Romania.
– General Association of Engineers of Romania – AGIR
Military orders and medals:
– Order of Military Merit, 3rd, 2nd and 1st classes;
– Emblem of Honor of the Land Forces, 2013;
– Emblem of Honor of Communications and Informatics, 2013;
– Emblem of Honor of the General Staff, 2013;
– Emblem of Honor of the Air Force, 2016;
– Emblem of Merit “In the Service of the Romanian Army”, 2017.
Included in:
– History of Journalism in Romania in Data. Chronological Encyclopedia, coordinator Marian Petcu, Polirom Publishing House Iaşi/Bucharest, 2012;
– History of the Military Press. From Caesar to Ceauşescu. The Army. The Written Press, author Dan Gîju, Bibliotheca Publishing House, Tărgovişte, 2012;
– History of Journalism in Buzău County. Chronological Encyclopedia 1839-2014, author Viorel Frîncu, Teocora Publishing House, Buzău, 2015;
– 500 for Romania – Buzău Personalities 1918-2018, authors Valeriu Nicolescu, Valeriu Avram, Marius-Adrian Nicoară, Alpha MDN Publishing House, Buzău, 2018;
– Encyclopedia of the Representatives of Romanian Historical Writing (vol. 5), volume edited by the Romanian Academy/Section of Historical Sciences and Archaeology, coordinators Academician Victor Spinei, Dorina N. Rusu, Karl A. Romstorfer Publishing House, Suceava, 2021.
I have published over 300 articles and specialized communications, presented at domestic and international scientific events, published in volumes/magazines by prestigious publishing houses recognized in the country or indexed internationally.