Brigadier General Pierrick Michel Deputy Commanding General - Readiness
A native of the Coast of Brittany in Western France, Brigadier General Pierrick MICHEL graduated from the military academy of Saint-Cyr 1997. He was commissioned into the Marine Artillery in 1998.
During his carrier, he has occupied every command assignment within this army branch, serving in the 1st and 3rd Marine Artillery Battalion. He also served twice as an instructor at the artillery school. Between 2017 and 2019, he had the honour to take command of the 3rd Marine Artillery Battalion, the fire support unit of the 6th Light Armoured Brigade (Amphibious). He also served overseas twice for a total of 4 years in the Pacific, in New Caledonia in 2001, and in Tahiti, French Polynesia, in 2019, as Chief of the Joint Staff, French Asia-Pacific Command.
His operational experience includes various tours, in Kosovo (operation Trident), in Ivory Coast (Operati on Licorne) and in the Central African Republic (Operation Sangaris). In 2018, he deployed to Iraq as the Commander of the French Artillery Task Force "Wagram", in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. Throughout his career, he worked at all levels with many allies and partners, including the US Central Command, the US Indo-Pacific Command, the US European Command and the Australian Army.
Considering his worldwide experience, he was assigned to the Joint Staff Headquarters in Paris in 2021, as Head J3, World Operations, in charge, at strategic level, of all French joint military operations & deployments in the Middle East, the IndoPacific, South America and the Caribbean.
A graduate from the French Army War College, the Joint War College, and the NATO Defense College Senior Course, he owns a Master 2's degree in Information Systems Management from HEC Business School.
He currently serves as special assistant to the Vice-Chief of Staff, NATO’s Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, in Mons, Belgium. He has been designated to serve as the Deputy Commanding General for Readiness of the 3rd US Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, GA, in 2026.
He is entitled to wear the Officer Cross of the Order of Legion of Honor, the Knight Cross of the Order of Merit, the Military Cross for Valor with two combat citations, the Overseas Medal and the Golden National Defense Medal with one citation.