{{Short description|Army Officer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox military person | honorific_prefix = Brigadier General | name = Krubert Eric Nel | honorific_suffix = {{MilAward PostNom|SD |SM |MMM |PP |SAM |GSM |Unitas |GoodServiceG |GoodServiceS |GoodServiceB |size=100%}} | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = <!-- {{birth date and age|df=yes|yyyy|mm|dd}} --> | death_date = Alive | birth_place = | death_place = | burial_place = | burial_label = | burial_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|display=inline,title}} --> | nickname = | birth_name = | allegiance = {{ZAF}} | branch = {{army|South Africa}} and Special Forces | service_years = January 1978{{ndash}}31 March 2012 | rank = Brigadier General | service_number = <!--Do not use data from primary sources such as service records.--> | unit = School of Engineers, Kroonstad | commands = * OC 4 Special Forces Regiment * CoS Special Forces Bde * GOC Special Forces Bde * CoS Infantry Fmn | battles = | battles_label = | awards = {{MilAward Stack|SD |SM |MMM |PP |SAM |GSM |Unitas |GoodServiceG |GoodServiceS |GoodServiceB |size=x12px}} | memorials = | spouse = <!-- Add spouse if reliably sourced --> | relations = | other_work = | signature = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> | module = }}
Brigadier General '''Krubert Eric Nel''' {{Post-nominals|country=ZAR|SD|SM|MMM}} is a retired South African Army officer who also served in the South African Special Forces.
== Military career == Brig Gen Nel joined the South African Defence Force at the School of Engineers in January 1978 as a National Serviceman, where he later became an officer. In 1980 he completed the Special Forces Cycle Training and was transferred to 4 Reconnaissance Regiment in Langebaan.<ref name=RogerKEN>{{cite journal|last1=Meyer|first1=Maj M.|title=GOODBYE "ROGER KEN"|journal=SA Soldier|date=October 2012|volume=19|issue=10|page=8|url=http://www.dod.mil.za/sasoldier/2012/Soldoctnet.pdf|accessdate=2 February 2015|issn=1609-5014|archive-date=2 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202174105/http://www.dod.mil.za/sasoldier/2012/Soldoctnet.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> In May 1985 he participated in the ill-fated incursion into Cabinda - Operation Argon - that resulted in two Special Forces operators being killed in action and a third being captured by MPLA forces.
From 3 January 1994 to 13 March 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 from 1 March 1998 until 31 December 2002, becoming the General Officer Commanding on 1 January 2003.<ref name=RogerKEN />
In January 2006 he was appointed as the Chief of Staff of the South African Army Infantry Formation.<ref name=RogerKEN /><ref name=Fallen>{{cite journal|last1=Rakoma|first1=Ally|title=Honouring the heroic deeds of fallen infanteers|journal=SA Soldier|date=March 2011|volume=18|issue=3|page=19|issn=1609-5014}}</ref>
Brig Nel took early retirement from the SANDF on 31 March 2012.<ref name=RogerKEN />
== Awards and decorations == === Medals === Gen Nel has been awarded the following medals:<ref name=Fallen />{{Rp|Photo}} <!-- Help! ID the medals from the photo --> * {{MilAward Desc|SD|x25px}} * {{MilAward Desc|SM|x25px}} * {{MilAward Desc|MMM|x25px}} * {{MilAward Desc|PP|x25px}} * {{MilAward Desc|SAM|x25px}} * {{MilAward Desc|GSM|x25px}} * {{MilAward Desc|Unitas|x25px}} * {{MilAward Desc|GoodServiceG|x25px}} * {{MilAward Desc|GoodServiceS|x25px}} * {{MilAward Desc|GoodServiceB|x25px}}
=== Proficiency and Qualification badges === Gen Nel qualified for the following:<ref name=RogerKEN /><ref name=Fallen />{{Rp|Photo}} {| class="wikitable" |- style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Badge Display|SFOpBadge|100px}} || {{Badge Display|AttackDive|100px}} ||{{Badge Display|ParaFreefall|150px}} |}
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
{{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{s-bef | before = Brig Gen Clive P van Schalkwyk}} {{s-ttl | title = Chief of Staff SA Army Infantry Fmn | years = 2006{{ndash}}2012}} {{s-aft | after = Brig Gen Xolani Mankayi }} {{s-bef | before = Brig Gen Les Rudman}} {{s-ttl | title = GOC Special Forces Brigade | years = 2003{{ndash}}2006}} {{s-aft | after = Brig Gen Rudzani Maphwanya}} {{s-bef | before = Col Roelof du Plooy}} {{s-ttl | title = Chief of Staff Special Forces Brigade | years = 1998{{ndash}}2003}} {{s-aft | after = Col Doibie Coetzee }}
{{s-bef | before = Col Hannes Venter}} {{s-ttl | title = OC 4 Special Forces Regiment | years = 1994{{ndash}}1998}} {{s-aft | after = Col Julius Engelbrecht}} {{s-end}}
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