Education
He studied at the United Military Academy in Tbilisi, Georgia from 1993 to 1994 and attended several courses of military training in the United States, including at the United States. Army War College in the years 2007-2008.
He studied at the United Military Academy in Tbilisi, Georgia from 1993 to 1994 and attended several courses of military training in the United States, including at the United States. Army War College in the years 2007-2008.
He was Chief of Joint Staff of the armed forces from November 4, 2008 to March 5, 2009. Chachibaia was a private in the Soviet Air Forces from 1989 until 1991, when he joined the newly established National Guard of Georgia as a NCO. He commanded a National Guard platoon in the Georgian Civil War of 1992-1993 and continued his service in the Georgian army as a recon and special task forces officer Chachibaia commanded a Georgian contingent within the Multinational force in Iraq in 2004 and was appointed a commander of the 3rd Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Georgia in 2005.
He has since served in the General Staff, later known as the Joint Staff of the Armed Forces of Georgia (JS Global Assessment of Functioning), and was an acting commander of the Georgian Land Forces in 2006.
Having briefly served as Head of Education Department of the JS Global Assessment of Functioning in September–November 2008, Chachibaia replaced General Zaza Gogava as the Chief of JS Global Assessment of Functioning after the August 2008 war with Russia. He briefly served as Deputy Defense Minister in 2009 and became Deputy Chief of General Staff of Georgian Armed Forces in 2012.
In 2014 he was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general. In October 2015, Chachibaia was appointed as High Military Adviser of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).
In November 2015, he was appointed as Rector of the National Defense Academy.
As his mission with the UNAMA is due to expire in October 2016, Colonel Malkhaz Makaradze will served as Acting Rector during Chachibaia"s absence from Georgia.