Karl-Wilhelm Bollow

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Karl-Wilhelm Bollow (left) together with the US Vice Adm. Mel Williams Jr. (2010)

Karl-Wilhelm Bollow (born August 30, 1952 ) is a German flotilla admiral a. D.

Bollow completed his training as a member of Crew VII / 72 . After studying at the Helmut Schmidt University (degree in business administration), he had his first assignments in the speedboat flotilla . From 1980 to 1982 he was commander of the speedboat S-52 Stork in the fifth speed boat squadron . After completing the B course (naval weapons), he switched to the destroyer flotilla in 1983 , which later became the second operational flotilla . From 1986 to 1988 he completed the admiralty staff course at the command academy of the Bundeswehr in Hamburg.

From 1988 to 1990 Bollow was first officer on the destroyer Rommel . From 1991 to 1995 he was Deputy Naval Attaché at the German Embassy in Washington, DC From May 1995 to March 1997 he was in command of the Karlsruhe frigate . From 1999 to 2002 Bollow was the commander of the 4th frigate squadron . He then became head of the department in the planning staff of the Federal Ministry of Defense .

From October 1, 2006 to September 30, 2009 he was in command of the Flotilla 2 in Wilhelmshaven . In 2007 he took part in the UNIFIL mission in the Eastern Mediterranean as a contingent leader . In his last assignment, he was a German military attaché at the German Embassy in Washington, DC from October 1, 2009 to October 31, 2012

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  1. ↑ a b Inge Günther: Diplomat at sea. In: berliner-zeitung.de. Berliner Zeitung, September 5, 2007, accessed on September 26, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Anniversary: ​​Frigate "Karlsruhe" 25 years in the service of the Navy - "Committed to the reputation at all times". In: press portal. Marine Press and Information Center, April 17, 2009, accessed October 7, 2015 .
  3. ^ BM 46 frigate squadron. (No longer available online.) The Federal Archives, Military Archives Department, archived from the original on September 29, 2015 ; accessed on September 28, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / startext.net-build.de
  4. ^ BMVg press and information staff (ed.): Personnel changes in top military positions . Press release. Berlin September 21, 2006 ( PDF ( Memento from October 20, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) [accessed on April 3, 2016]).
  5. ↑ BMVg press and information staff (ed.): Press release . Personnel changes in top military positions. Berlin August 26, 2009 ( online, PDF [accessed September 28, 2015]).
  6. ↑ Personnel changes in top military and civilian positions. In: bmvg.de. Federal Ministry of Defense, October 4, 2012, accessed on September 26, 2015 .
  7. ^ Peter Gross: Change of leadership in Wilhelmshaven. (No longer available online.) In: seefahrer.blog.de. Seefahrer Blog, September 1, 2009, archived from the original on September 27, 2015 ; Retrieved September 26, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / seefahrer.blog.de
personal data
SURNAME Bollow, Karl-Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German flotilla admiral
DATE OF BIRTH August 30, 1952