Colonel Ciprian BALICA assumed duties as Chief of Staff of the HQ Multinational Division South-East on 15th of December 2021. Prior to the current assignment he served as Operations Planner in Romanian Land Forces HQ.
COL BALICA received his commission in 1997 as an infantry officer. He served in various tactical level command and staff positions from infantry platoon leader up to infantry battalion commanding officer.
Starting with 1999, his battalion was nominated to be part of South-East Europe Brigade (SEEBRIG), a seven nation multinational cooperative initiative which opened the venue to, then 2nd LT BALICA, for multinational training and mil to mil engagements. Throughout his career, COL BALICA had been involved on a yearly basis in multinational training, thus keeping him in continuous contact with other militaries.
Later on, in 2004, 1st LT BALICA spearheaded the first deployment of a combat element from Dobrogea region to a real mission, leading an infantry company in support of KFOR mission in Kosovo.
In 2011, COL BALICA deployed to Afghanistan with the Romanian National Training Military Advisor Team in order to support the Coalition effort of building up and training the newly formed Afghan Army.