Major General Phillip David Prosser

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is a British Army officer and engineer, who currently serves as Director Joint Support, UK Strategic Command. He previously served in the

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, and was commander of

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based in Aldershot. During the

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, Prosser was head of the Army's Operation Iron Viper to help Britain's

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administer vaccines against the coronavirus.

Early life and education

Phillip Prosser is from

Llanelli Llanelli ("St Elli's Parish"; ) is a market town and the largest community in Carmarthenshire and the preserved county of Dyfed, Wales. It is located on the Loughor estuary north-west of Swansea and south-east of the county town, Carmarthen. ...

, Wales. He was educated at Bryngwyn Comprehensive before attending

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where he completed his A Levels. Prosser then attended the

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where he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1992. He later attended The Royal Military College of Science at

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gaining a degree in mechanical engineering. He later completed an

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from the Open University. He is a chartered

mechanical engineer Mechanical may refer to: Machine * Machine (mechanical), a system of mechanisms that shape the actuator input to achieve a specific application of output forces and movement * Mechanical calculator, a device used to perform the basic operations of ...

Career

Major General Prosser was the former commander of the British Army's

. He was commissioned in the

in 1992 and completed operational tours of

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and

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. In 2010-11 he attended the Advanced Command Staff Course for military officers tipped for senior leadership roles. He helped to distribute PPE to hospitals during the first coronavirus lockdown in March 2020. In 2021 he was appointed head of the Army's Operation Iron Viper to help Britain's

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administer

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during the

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. He was appointed

in the

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. Brigadier Prosser was promoted to

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on 13 February 2023, as he took up the position as Director Joint Support at United Kingdom Strategic Command.

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