Admiral Rainer Feist was an officer in the German Navy until his retirement in 2004. Feist enlisted in the Bundeswehr in 1966 as an officer cadet and graduated from Naval Academy Mürwik in 1968. After that he served onboard Fast Attack Crafts and Destroyers. From 1974 he was trained as an antisubmarine warfare officer, and later undertook the Admiral staff course at the Bundeswehr Command and Staff College in Hamburg. Wikipedia
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