Width Style: | person |
Thomas Rathsack | |
Branch Label: | Branch |
Serviceyears Label: | Service years |
Serviceyears: | 1985–1994; 2001–2008 |
Rank: | Sergeant first class |
Laterwork: | Jæger – i krig med eliten |
Thomas Rathsack is a lecturer and former member of the Danish Jaeger Corps.
He served with the Royal Life Guards as a sergeant before getting accepted into the Jaeger Corps in 1990.[1] After retiring from the army he worked as a photographer and IT specialist. He reenlisted after the September 11 attacks.
He writes about his experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan in his book Jæger – i krig med eliten (Jaeger: At War with Denmark's Elite Special Forces), which was widely talked about and criticized.[2] [3]
In 2017, he featured in a TV2-produced show which put 30 men through Jaegor Corps-like physical tests.[4]