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 ...

Jonathan Swift, is a senior

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officer. He served as General Officer Commanding, Regional Command from July 2022 to August 2023.

Military career

Swift was commissioned into the

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in 1995. He became commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers in 2011, in which capacity he was deployed to Afghanistan on

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18 as commander of Transition Support Unit Nahr-e-Saraj. He went on to become senior requirements manager for armoured vehicles in

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in 2014, Assistant Head for Capability Plans in Army Headquarters in 2015 and commander, 38 (Irish) Brigade in September 2017. After that, he became Head of Ground Manoeuvre Capability at Army Headquarters in October 2019. He was made colonel of The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers on 1 September 2020, an honorary post. On 6 July 2022, he was appointed General Officer Commanding, Regional Command, which is the Army head quarter for the UK, Nepal and Brunei, and promoted to

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 ...

. During his visit to BFB Tuker Lines in May 2023, he planted plants, spoke to spouses, and officially launched the BFB Community Library. Swift was Honorary Colonel of the Manchester and Salford Universities

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until November 2023, when his tenure expired.

Awards and honours

Swift was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services in Afghanistan in March 2014.

References

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