Major General Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a ...

David Mark Cullen, is a senior

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officer. He served as the Assistant Chief of the General Staff from 2013 to 2015.

Military career

After being educated at the

Duke of York's Royal Military School The Duke of York's Royal Military School, more commonly called the Duke of York's, is a co-educational academy (for students aged 11 to 18) with military traditions in Guston, Kent. Since becoming an academy in 2010, the school is now sponsor ...

and the

Royal Military Academy Sandhurst The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS or RMA Sandhurst), commonly known simply as Sandhurst, is one of several military academies of the United Kingdom and is the British Army's initial officer training centre. It is located in the town of ...

, Cullen was commissioned into the

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in 1982. He served as commanding officer of the 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery during deployment to

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in 2004, for which he was appointed an

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. He was made Commander of the 12th Mechanized Brigade in November 2007, in which role he saw service in

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, Director of Army Staff in December 2009, and Chief of Staff for Land Forces in October 2011. He went on to became Deputy Commanding General-Support, III Corps and Fort Hood in October 2012 and served as Assistant Chief of the General Staff from January 2013 to December 2015. Cullen retired from the British Army on 11 May 2016.

References

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