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GENERAL SIR MARK CARLETON-SMITH KCB CBE ADC GEN
General Sir Mark
Carleton-Smith was commissioned into 1st Battalion Irish Guards from the
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 1986 and served at regimental duty
in London, Germany, Canada and South Armagh, prior to service in The
Gulf and The Balkans.
A graduate of the final Army Command and Staff Course at Camberley, he
was appointed Chief of Staff 19 Mechanised Brigade (1999 to 2001) and
served two tours in Kosovo as Chief of Staff HQ Multi-National Brigade
Centre. On promotion to Lieutenant Colonel he was appointed Military
Assistant to the Commander-in-Chief Land Forces (2001 to 2002) and later
assumed command of 22 Special Air Service Regiment (2002 to 2005),
serving principally in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Promoted to Colonel in 2005 he became Deputy Director Policy Planning in
the MOD before assuming command of 16 Air Assault Brigade (2006 to 2008)
during which time he served in Afghanistan as Commander Helmand Task
Force and Commander British Forces Afghanistan. He served in the MoD as
Director Army Resources and Plans (2009 to 2011) prior to promotion to
Major General as Director Special Forces (2012 to 2015).
He was subsequently Director Strategy at Army Headquarters (2015 to
2016) and latterly assumed the appointment of Deputy Chief of Defence
Staff (Military Strategy and Operations) in April 2016. He took up the
appointment of Chief of the General Staff in June 2018.
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