Krupert Nel

Krubert Eric Nel
Krubert Eric Nel
Allegiance	South Africa
Service/branch	South African Army
Years of service	1978 – March 2012
Rank	Brigadier General
Commands held	Officer Commanding 4 Special Forces Regiment;
Awards

Brigadier General Krupert Eric Nel is a retired South African Army officer.

Early life

Brig Gen Nel joined the South African Defence Force at the School of Engineers in 1978 as a National Serviceman, where he later became an officer. In 1980 he completed the Special Forces Basic Training and was transferred to 4 Special Forces Regiment in Langebaan.^[1]

From 1994 to 1998 he was the Officer Commanding of 4 Special Forces Regiment and then served as the Chief of Staff of the South African Special Forces Brigade, becoming the General Officer Commanding in 2003.^[1]

In 2006 he was appointed as the Chief of Staff of the South African Army Infantry Formation.^[1]^[2]

Brig Nel retired in March 2012.^[1]

Gen Nel has been awarded the following medals:^[2]^: Photo

Gen Nel qualified for the following:^[1]^[2]^: Photo

SA Special Forces Operator's Badge
(Qualification)

Black on Thatch beige, Embossed Dagger enclosed with a laurel wreath

Attack Diver
(Qualification)

Bronze Black on Thatch beige, Embossed The badge depicts a great white shark swimming past the Neptune trident, which is mounted on the mouthpiece of an Oxygears 57 and is enclosed within the tubes of the Oxygears 57

Free Fall Paratrooper
(Qualification)

Advanced, Freefall Black on Thatch beige Small Black wings

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Meyer, Maj M. (October 2012). "GOODBYE "ROGER KEN"" (PDF). SA Soldier. 19 (10): 8. ISSN 1609-5014. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c Rakoma, Ally (March 2011). "Honouring the heroic deeds of fallen infanteers". SA Soldier. 18 (3): 19. ISSN 1609-5014.

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Military offices
Preceded by Clive P van Schalkwyk	Chief of Staff SA Army Infantry Fmn 2006 – 2012	Succeeded by Xolani Mankayi
Preceded by Les Rudman	GOC Special Forces Brigade 2003 – 2006	Succeeded by Rudzani Maphwanya
Preceded by Unknown	Chief of Staff Special Forces Brigade 1998 – 2003	Succeeded by Col Doibie Coetzee
Preceded by Hannes Venter	OC 4 Special Forces Regiment 1994 – 1998	Succeeded by Julius Engelbrecht