Commander Joint Forces New Zealand, Major General Robert Krushka
Commander Joint Forces is responsible to the Chief of Defence Force for operational-level planning, command and control of all joint and/or combined (international) operations and exercises involving the NZDF.
Before assuming the role of Commander Joint Forces, Major General Krushka was Chief of Joint Defence Services, a role he had been in since 2019.
Prior to this he held roles in Commander Logistics, Defence Logistics Command, Logistic Commander (Land), and Military Secretary, Army General Staff, Commanding Officer, 2nd Logistics Battalion and then Chief of Staff, 2nd Land Force Group.
Major General Krushka has deployed numerous times including to Iraq as a United Nations Military Advisor, Timor-Leste as the Officer Commanding Combat Services Support Company, and Antarctica as a Detachment Commander.
In January 2004 Major General Krushka was posted to Headquarters Joint Operations Command, Sydney Australia as the Staff Officer Grade Two Logistics Operations and Plans.
Major General Krushka is a graduate of the New Zealand Defence Force Command and Staff College (Dux) and the Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy (Distinguished Graduate). He holds a Graduate Certificate in Supply Chain Management, Post Graduate Diploma in Arts (Distinction), Master of Business Administration and a Master of Science in National Resource Strategy (Distinction).
In 2006, Major General Krushka was awarded an Australian Defence Force (ADF) Deputy Chief of Joint Operations Commendation for his role in ADF support to the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami and in June 2006 he was appointed as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
Major General Krushka enlisted into the New Zealand Army in January 1989.