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1 Military career  





2 Honours and awards  



2.1  Medals  





2.2  Proficiency badges  







3 Notes  





4 References  














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Brigadier General


Carel Christiaan Laubscher


Born1961 (age 62–63)
Allegiance South Africa
Service/branch South African Army
Years of service1979–2021
RankBrigadier General
Unit4 Artillery Regiment
Commands held
  • Director Training System Integrity, SANDF
  • A/COS Artillery Formation
  • SSO Force Preparation, Artillery Formation
  • OC14 Artillery Regiment
  • Battles/warsSouth African Border War
    AwardsMilitary Merit Medal MMM Pro Patria Medal ' Southern Africa Medal ' General Service Medal (South Africa) ' Unitas (Unity) Medal ' Medalje vir Troue Diens (Medal for Loyal Service) ' Medalje vir Troue Diens (Medal for Loyal Service) ' Good Service Medal ' Good Service Medal '
    RelationsMaj Gen Koos Laubscher SM & Bar MMM (older brother)

    Brig Gen Carel Laubscher MMM was a General Officer in the South African Army from the artillery.

    Military career

    [edit]

    He joined the SADF as a Conscript in 1979 and was commissioned as an Officer in 1982. Appointed as Adjutant at 10 Artillery Brigade. He was a Battery CommanderatSierra Batteryof61 Mechanised Battalion Group during 1989–1990. He was appointed as Officer Commanding of 14 Artillery Regiment in Jan 1991. He served as the Chief Instructor Gunnery at the School of Artillery during 1994–1996 and member of the Directing Staff at the South African Army College in 1996. Much later, he served as the SSO Force Preparation for the Artillery Formation from 1999 to 2003, SSO Education Training & Development[1] for the SA Army 2004–2008. SSO Quality Assurance for the SANDF at Human Resources Division in 2008.[2] His last posting was as Director of Training Systems Integrity until he retired from the SANDF in 2021.

    Honours and awards

    [edit]

    Medals

    [edit]

    Proficiency badges

    [edit]
    Master Gunner: 66
    Master Gunner
    Lt Colonel
    Carel C. Laubscher[a]
    Year: 1995
    ←65: Lt Colonel
    Ralph Brian Mills
    Captain
    J. Daniel A. Crafford :67→
    Free Fall Paratrooper
    (Qualification)
    Advanced, Freefall
    Black on Thatch beige
    Small Black wings
    61 Mech Operational Service Badge
    (Service)
    Black on Thatch beige, Embossed
    Rectangular bar (upright) with a black dagger and three black lightning flashes angled diagonally across the blade

    Notes

    [edit]
    1. ^ Post occupied when award was made: Chief Instructor, Gunnery (CIG)

    References

    [edit]
    1. ^ Phillips, Lt. Col. Al (13 November 2019). "NY National Guard, South Africa hold annual defense meeting". Army.mil. Archived from the original on 14 November 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  • ^ "APPOINTMENTS AND/OR PROMOTIONS OF COLS/CAPTS (SAN) IN THE SANDF: 2008/2009". 26 September 2008. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  • Military offices
    Preceded by

    New

    SSO Force Preparation, Artillery Formation
    1999–2003
    Succeeded by

    Col Andy Oelofse

    Preceded by

    Lt Col Deon Holtzhausen

    OC14 Artillery Regiment
    1991–1992
    Succeeded by

    disbanded

    Honorary titles
    Preceded by

    Lt Col Ralph Brian Mills

    66th Master Gunner
    1995
    Succeeded by

    Capt Daniel Crafford

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  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carel_Laubscher&oldid=1195735228"

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    1961 births
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