James Auala

James Auala
Born	1947 Namibia (then South West Africa, South Africa)
Allegiance	Namibia
Branch	PLAN Namibian Army
Years of service	1974-2005
Rank	Brigadier General
Commands	Chief of Staff Logistics(1995-2005)
Battles / wars	Namibian War of Independence Second Congo War
Awards	Most distinguished order of Namibia First Class
Other work	August 26

Brigadier General James Auala is a retired Namibian military commander and business person. Auala was appointed as Chief of Staff Logistics of the Namibian Defence Force (NDF) retiring in 2005.

Early life and exile

Auala worked for the South West Africa Broadcasting Corporation between 1972 and 1974 ^[1] as a radio announcer. ^[2] Auala went into exile in July 1974

Military career

He received military training in PLAN serving in various roles including PLAN Chief of Intelligence. Auala attended the yrstrel Military Academy in Moscow graduating from the Motorized Infantry Brigade Commander course in 1985,Upon independence, PLAN and the South West African Territorial Force (SWATF) merged to form the Namibia Defence Force (NDF) Auala joined the Force receiving a senior officer rank. In 1995 he was appointed as Chief of Staff Logistics replacing Colonel Peter Nambundunga serving in that role for some ten years. During the Second Congo War he led the first Namibian Battle group to the DRC under Operation Atlantic ^[1]

Retirement

After retiring from Active service Auala joined Namibian Defence ministry owned August 26 Holdings as chief executive officer. ^{[3] [4]}

Honours and decorations

• Most distinguished order of Namibia First Class
• DRC Campaign Medal

Military offices
Preceded by Colonel Peter Nambundunga	Chief of Staff Logistics 1995 –2005	Succeeded by Brigadier John Mutwa

References

1. "Hard Stone Processing Namibia: James V. Auala". www.namibia-seber-diamonds.com. Archived from the original on 2022-03-15. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
2. "Freedom fighters unpack Nambundunga". Truth, for its own sake.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
3. Namibian, The. "NDF food contract tops N$5b". The Namibian. Archived from the original on 2021-05-05. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
4. "Bio" (PDF). namibiahouse.com. Retrieved 2021-05-02.