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Robin Vaughan Brims, (born 27 June 1951) is a retired

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officer. He was Commander of the Field Army at

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from 2005 to 2007.

Early life

Brims was born and grew up in

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.A commander who was never far from the action
''The Daily Telegraph'', 17 December 2005 He was educated at

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Military career

Brims was commissioned into

The Light Infantry The Light Infantry was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Light Division. The regiment was one of four 'large' regiments formed after the 1966 Defence White Paper through the amalgamation of units of the Light Infantry Brigad ...

in 1970. After various military appointments, he took command of the 3rd Battalion

in 1989. He then took up an appointment at the

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, before taking command of 24 Airmobile Brigade in December 1994. He deployed to

Bosnia Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and He ...

as part of the

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the following year. Brims went on to be Chief of Staff at Headquarters

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in November 1996 and then Director of Plans & Resources in January 1999. He was appointed Commander of the Multi-National Division (South-West) in

in 2000, after which he became General Officer Commanding 1st (UK) Armoured Division in November 2000, deploying to

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

in 2003. For his service in Iraq he was awarded the

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. He became Deputy Chief of Operations at Permanent Joint Headquarters, Northwood, before being deployed as Senior British Military Representative and Deputy Commanding General, Multinational Force, Iraq in April 2005. He became Commander of the Field Army later that year and retired from active duty in January 2008. Brims is a Deputy Lieutenant of

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and, in 2017, was

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