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British Defence Staff – US
The British Defence Staff – US, which was previously known as British Joint Staff Mission and British Defence Staff (Washington), is the home of the Ministry of Defence in the United States of America and its purpose is to serve the interests of His Majesty's Government in the USA. The British Defence Staff – US is led by the Defence Attaché who is British Ambassador's senior adviser on defence issues, and has responsibility over 750 military and civilian Ministry of Defence personnel located both within the Embassy and in 30 states across the USA. Recent defence attachés Attachés have included: *1941-1944 Field Marshal Sir John Dill *1945-1947 Field Marshal Lord Wilson *1948-1950 Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Medhurst *1950-1951 Marshal of the Royal Air Force Lord Tedder *1951-1953 Air Chief Marshal Sir William Elliot *1953-1956 General Sir John Whiteley *1956-1959 Admiral Sir Michael Denny *1959-1962 Air Chief Marshal Sir George Mills *1962-1965 General Sir Micha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Defence (United Kingdom)
The Ministry of Defence (MOD or MoD) is the department responsible for implementing the defence policy set by His Majesty's Government, and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces. The MOD states that its principal objectives are to defend the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and its interests and to strengthen international peace and stability. The MOD also manages day-to-day running of the armed forces, contingency planning and defence procurement. The expenditure, administration and policy of the MOD are scrutinised by the Defence Select Committee, except for Defence Intelligence which instead falls under the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament. History During the 1920s and 1930s, British civil servants and politicians, looking back at the performance of the state during the First World War, concluded that there was a need for greater co-ordination between the three services that made up the armed forces of the United Kingdom: t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rollo Pain
Lieutenant-General Sir (Horace) Rollo (Squarey) Pain (11 May 1921 – 14 April 2005) was a British Army officer who commanded 2nd Division. Military career Educated at Clifton College, Pain was commissioned into the Royal Armoured Corps in 1943 during World War II and served in North West Europe.Lieutenant-General Sir Rollo Pain The Times, 27 April 2005 He was awarded the MC for his leadership during fighting for control of the village of Stemmen in . After the War he saw active service ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Cripwell
Lieutenant General Richard John Cripwell, (born 1962) is a former senior British Army officer. He has served as the Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey since 2022. Early life and education Cripwell was born in 1962 in Newry, Northern Ireland. He was educated in Dublin, Ireland, and at Welbeck College. Military career Cripwell was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1982. He became commanding officer of 26 Engineer Regiment and then served as commander of the Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Task Force in Kosovo. He went on to be Assistant Chief of Staff at Permanent Joint Headquarters in January 2010, Director Strategic Transition and Assessments Group at the Headquarters of the International Security Assistance Force in February 2012 and Commander British Forces Cyprus and Administrator of the Sovereign Base Areas in January 2013. After that he became Head of the British Defence Staff and Defence Attaché in Washington, D.C. in March 2015. In the 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buster Howes
Major General Francis Hedley Roberton "Buster" Howes, (born 22 March 1960) is a former Royal Marines officer who served as Commandant General Royal Marines from February 2010 to December 2011. Early life Howes was educated at Christ's Hospital, an independent school in Horsham, West Sussex. He studied chemistry at the University of York, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree. He completed a Master of Arts degree in strategic studies at the University of London.'HOWES, Maj. Gen. Francis Hedley Roberton, (Buster)', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 201accessed 22 June 2017/ref> Military career Howes was commissioned into the Royal Marines in 1982. He became a troop commander in 42 Commando and had his first posting to Northern Ireland. After training as a Mountain Leader, he transferred to 45 Commando. He served in the Gulf War while on secondment to the United States Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Harwood (RAF Officer)
Air Vice Marshal Michael John Harwood, (born 29 October 1958) is a retired senior Royal Air Force officer who served as Defence Attaché and Head of the British Defence Staff – US in Washington, D.C. from 2008 to 2011. RAF career Educated at Merchant Taylors' School and at King's College London (MA Defence Studies), Harwood joined the RAF as a fast-jet pilot in 1978, initially serving as a flying instructor on Hawk and Harrier GR3/T4 aircraft. He received the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air in December 1990. Promoted to wing commander, he became Commanding Officer of No. 20 Squadron (Harrier Operational Conversion Unit) at RAF Wittering in 1998 and, following promotion to group captain, he became Commander British Forces (Gulf) in Saudi Arabia in 2000. He went on to be Station Commander, RAF Cottesmore in 2001 before being deployed as Operating Base Commander, Kuwait for Operation Telic in 2003. He joined the Public Relations Directorate at the Ministry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Gilchrist (British Army Officer)
Major General Peter Gilchrist (born 28 February 1952) is a retired senior British Army officer who served as Master-General of the Ordnance from 2000 to 2004. Military career Educated at Marlborough College, Gilchrist was commissioned into the Royal Tank Regiment in 1973. He became Commanding Officer of the 1st Royal Tank Regiment in 1993, Deputy Director of Ordnance in 1996 and Programme Director for Armoured Systems in 1998.''Who's Who 2010'', A & C Black, 2010, He went on to be an executive director at the Defence Procurement Agency and Master-General of the Ordnance in 2000. He was deployed Afghanistan as Deputy Commander at Combined Forces Command in 2004, and then became Head of the British Defence Staff and Defence Attaché in Washington, D.C. ) , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle, Jefferson Memorial, White Hou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Dymock
Vice Admiral Sir Anthony Knox Dymock KBE, CB, FRSA (born 18 July 1949) is a senior British Royal Navy officer. Naval career Educated at Brighton Hove and Sussex Grammar School, University of East Anglia where he graduated in Russian and Philosophy, and the Royal Naval College Dartmouth, Dymock joined the Royal Navy in 1971.Debrett's People of Today After serving in the and being promoted to Commander in 1985, he became Commanding Officer of HMS ''Plymouth'' in 1985, Deputy Commander of the UK Task Group during the |
John Thompson (RAF Officer)
Air Vice Marshal John Hugh Thompson, (born 18 September 1947) is a former Royal Air Force officer who became Head of the British Defence Staff in Washington, D.C. from 2000 until his retirement in 2002. RAF career Educated at Fielding High School in New Zealand, Thompson joined the Royal Air Force in 1970.''Who's Who 2010'', A & C Black, 2010, He became Station Commander at RAF Wittering in 1988, Senior Air Staff Officer at RAF Rheindahlen The former Royal Air Force Rheindahlen, more commonly known as RAF Rheindahlen, was a non-flying Royal Air Force (RAF) military administrative base, becoming part of the Rheindahlen Military Complex (JHQ Rheindahlen) in North Rhine-Westphalia, Ger ... in 1993 and an assistant to the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1996. He went on to be Commandant of the Royal Air Force College Cranwell in 1997 and Head of the British Defence Staff and Defence Attaché in Washington, D.C. in 2000 before retiring in 2002. Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Vyvyan
Major General Charles Gerard Courtenay Vyvyan, (born 29 September 1944) is a retired British Army officer. He served as Head of the British Defence Staff and Defence Attaché in Washington, D.C. (1997–2000), and Gentleman Usher of the Scarlet Rod (2006–2018). Early life and education Vyvyan was born on 29 September 1944 to Elizabeth and John Vyvyan. His father was a diplomat, British Army veteran, and history fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was educated at Winchester College, an all-boys independent school in Winchester, Hampshire. He studied modern history at Balliol College, Oxford, graduating with Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1966. Military career Vyvyan was commissioned into the Royal Green Jackets in 1967.'' Who's Who 2010'', A & C Black, 2010, After a two-year secondment to the Sultan of Oman's Land Forces in the mid-1970s, he became commanding officer of 1st Battalion Royal Green Jackets in 1984, Commander 3rd Infantry Brigade in 1988 and Deputy Chief ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Blackburn
Vice-Admiral Sir David Anthony James 'Tom' Blackburn (born 18 January 1945) is a former British Royal Navy officer who served as Master of the Household between 2000 and 2005. Naval career Blackburn was appointed to his first command, the minesweeper HMS ''Kirkliston'', in 1972. He became equerry to the Duke of Edinburgh in 1976, executive officer of the cruiser HMS ''Antrim'' in 1978 and commander of the destroyer HMS ''Birmingham'' in 1983. He went on to become commanding officer of the destroyer HMS ''York'' and captain D3 Squadron in 1987, commodore on Clyde and Naval Base Commander Clyde in 1990 and commanding officer of the frigate HMS ''Cornwall'' as well as captain of the 2nd Frigate Squadron in 1992. After that Blackburn became head of the British Defence Staff and defence attaché in Washington, D.C. in 1994 and chief of Staff to the commander-in-chief Allied Naval Forces Southern Europe, Naples in 1997. On leaving the Royal Navy Blackburn became Maste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Dodworth
Air Vice Marshal Peter Dodworth (born 12 September 1940) is a former Royal Air Force officer who served as Head of the British Defence Staff in Washington, D.C. from 1991 to 1994. RAF career Educated at King George V Grammar School and the University of Leeds, Dodworth joined the Royal Air Force in 1963.'' Who's Who 2010'', A & C Black, 2010, As a junior officer he was one of the first pilots to be trained on the Harrier. He became officer commanding operations at RAF Wittering in 1976, Air Commander in Belize in 1980 and a member of the directing staff at the RAF Staff College, Bracknell in 1982. He went on to be Station Commander at RAF Wittering in 1983, a staff officer at Headquarters Allied Air Forces Central Europe in 1985 and Director of Personnel at the Ministry of Defence in 1988. His last appointments were as Head of the British Defence Staff and Defence Attaché in Washington, D.C. in 1991 and as Senior Member of the Directing Staff (Air) at the Royal College of Def ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin Beckett
Major General Edwin Horace Alexander Beckett CB, MBE (16 May 1937 – 15 November 2018) was a British Army officer who became Head of the British Defence Staff in Washington, D.C. Military career Educated at the Henry Fanshawe School and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Beckett was commissioned into the West Yorkshire Regiment in 1957.'' Who's Who 2010'', A & C Black, 2010, As a junior officer he saw active service during the Aden Emergency. He became commanding officer of 1st Battalion Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire in 1976, a member of the directing staff at the Staff College, Camberley in 1979 and Commander of 1st Infantry Brigade in 1982. He went on to be Chief of Staff at Headquarters British Army of the Rhine in 1985 and Head of the British Defence Staff and Defence Attaché in Washington, D.C. ) , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the Nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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