Fred Schulz (General)

Fred Schulz (born July 1, 1938 in Königsberg ; † March 23, 2004 in Langenau / Alb-Donau-Kreis) was Brigadier General of the Army of the German Armed Forces and from 1996 to 1998 the first commander of the Special Forces Command .

Military career

As a lieutenant colonel , Schulz commanded Panzergrenadierbataillon 281 in Dornstadt from 1978 to 1980. After further assignments, he took over Luftlandebrigade 25 in Calw as brigadier general on February 25, 1993 and led it until it was dissolved in September 1996 (dissolved from April 1).

The rescue and evacuation of German citizens from the civil war area of Rwanda gave the Bundeswehr reason to think about a new type of command for such special operations. From mid-1994 the Army headquarters developed the conceptual basis for such a command.

In 1996 the new special forces command was set up from parts of the just disbanded brigade , and Schulz was the first commander from September 20, 1996. Under his leadership, further development and training began and the command was presented to the public for the first time in September 1997 as part of the "Schneller Adler" military exercise at the Baumholder military training area . He led this command until 1998, handed it over to Hans-Heinrich Dieter on September 30, and finally retired.

Web links

• Official history of the Special Forces Command