Rolf Schmitz (Admiral)

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Rolf Schmitz (born June 2, 1949 in Cologne ) is a German flotilla admiral a. D. Most recently, he was Head of Department I in the naval command in Bonn .

Military career

Training and first uses

Rolf Schmitz joined the German Navy in 1969 . As an officer candidate for crew X / 69 , he began his training as a naval officer . This was followed by various uses.

Service as a staff officer

Schmitz initially served in the destroyer flotilla as first officer , and from 1992 to 1993 as commander of the frigate " Bremen ". From 1998 to 1999 he held the post of commander of the 4th frigate squadron in Wilhelmshaven. He then became an adjutant to Federal President Johannes Rau .

Service as an admiral

From 2003 to 2004 Schmitz led the destroyer flotilla as commander. He then moved to Cologne to the personnel office of the Bundeswehr as deputy head of office and chief of staff. On January 1, 2007, he became Head of Department I (Personnel; Training; Organization) in the naval command of the Federal Ministry of Defense in Bonn. Schmitz was retired on June 30, 2011.

Calls

  • 2003 Operation Enduring Freedom

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Constanze Stelzenmüller: The Watch on the Horn . In: Die Zeit , No. 2003/8
  2. ^ A b BMVg press and information staff (ed.): Personnel changes in top military and civilian positions . July 5, 2011 ( bmvg.de [accessed April 5, 2016]).
  3. ↑ a b c The operational flotilla 2nd (PDF) 4th frigate squadron, July 2014, accessed on April 5, 2016 .
  4. ^ BM 46 - Frigate Squadron. (No longer available online.) Federal Archives - Military Archives, archived from the original on April 6, 2015 ; Retrieved April 5, 2016 . 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
  5. ↑ Riiklike autasude andmine. Riigikantselei, November 4, 2000, accessed on April 5, 2016 (Estonian, granting of state awards, here: Order of the Eagle Cross (Class III) for Captain Rolf Schmitz).
  6. ^ BMVg press and information staff (ed.): Personnel changes in top military positions . Berlin June 12, 2006 ( bmvg.de ( memento from October 20, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) [PDF; accessed on April 5, 2016]).
  7. ↑ From the hand of the minister. (PDF; 4.33 MB) In: Bundeswehr aktuell. July 4, 2011, p. 4 , archived from the original on May 8, 2012 ; accessed on April 5, 2016 (with photo).
personal data
SURNAME Schmitz, Rolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German flotilla admiral
DATE OF BIRTH June 2, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne