Major General Jette Albinus enlisted in 1988 as a Reserve Officer, and commissioned into The Danish Army in 1989.

Jette subsequently attended the transition course for Reserve Officers, the Advanced Officers Course in 1995-1996 and later the General Staff Course in 2002-2003. She has served in several staff and unit positions in both the Army and Home Guard.

Her deployments include Bosnia in 1999-2000 as an intelligence officer in Stabilization Forces (SFOR), as a military Advisor to the African Union in 2004-2006 and as Second-in-Command of the Danish Battalion in Kosovo (KFOR) in 2006-2007. Throughout 2014 Jette was deployed as the Chief of Staff at the COM ISAF Advisory and Assistance Team (CAAT).

After promoting to Lieutenant colonel, and the position as Commanding Officer the Home Guard District of Western Jutland Jette advanced to the position as Chief of the Operation and Planning branch at the Danish Home Guard Command from 2010 to 2012.

From 2012 to 2014 Jette was the Head of the Officers Basic Course at The Royal Danish Military Academy in Copenhagen, and from this position Jette deployed to Kabul and the position as Chief of Staff at the CAAT. Returning to Denmark after her deployment Jette promoted to colonel and took command of The Danish Veteran Centre in Copenhagen.

As Brigadier Jette served as the Chief of Staff of the Home Guard Command from 2017 to 2020 and during this time in 2019 she attended Higher Command and Staff course in United Kingdom. Subsequently she took over as the Deputy Chief Joint Operations at the Danish Defence Command from 2020 to 2023. In august 2023 Jette Albinus promoted to Major General and assumed command of Multinational Division North based in Adazi, Latvia.

Jette is married and lives with her family in Copenhagen when she is not staying in Latvia. Jette has a long and successful career in sports and holds a Master in Physical Exercise and WellBeing. She is today an Executive Board Member of the National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark.