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Afghanistan (Operation Herrick IV)
‘Hot spot’ battle areas were around the towns of Now Zad, Musa Qala, Sangin and Gereshk. Fighting might last six to eight...
Commissioned into the Parachute Regiment in 1981, serving with 2 PARA as a platoon commander in the Falklands, Belize and Northern Ireland. Later serving with 1 PARA as a company commander.Chief of Staff in Sarajevo, Bosnia in 1996 completing one and a half years and being awarded a QCVS.
Additional tours of the Balkans include Kosovo and FYROM.
Other operational deployments have included Afghanistan and Iraq.
In 2002 served at SHAPE and worked on the High Readiness Div HQ Assessments Team.
In 2005 served for 2 years at McDill AFB in Tampa, Florida and was awarded the US MSM.
More recently served in the MOD in the commitments area.
In 2010 completed a further tour of Afghanistan before being posted to the US Maneuver Centre in Fort Benning as the British Liaison Officer.
Service History
- 1981 The 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) (Lieutenant)
- 1983 Infantry Junior Leaders' Battalion (Lieutenant)
- 1988 The 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) (Captain)
- 1991 3 Cdo Bde (Captain)
- 1993 The 1st Battalion The Parachute Regiment (1 PARA) (Major)
- 1995 MOD (Major)
- 1997 International Security Assistance Force (Acting Lieutenant Colonel)
- 1999 MOD (Major)
- 2002 Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (Lieutenant-Colonel)
- 2005 US Central Command (Lieutenant-Colonel)
- 2007 MOD (Lieutenant-Colonel)
- 2010 United States Marine Corps 1 Marine Expeditionary Force (Lieutenant-Colonel)
- 2011 US Maneuver Center of Excellence (Lieutenant-Colonel)
