General Sir Nicholas Patrick Carter, GCB, CBE, DSO, ADC Gen is a Kenyan-born senior British Army officer. He served as commanding officer of 2nd Battalion, Royal Green Jackets in which role he was deployed to Bosnia in 1998 and Kosovo in 1999. After service in Afghanistan, he took command of 20th Armoured Brigade in 2004 and commanded British forces in Basra. In September 2014, he became head of the British Army as Chief of the General Staff succeeding General Sir Peter Wall.
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General Sir Nicholas Patrick Carter, GCB, CBE, DSO, ADC Gen is a Kenyan-born senior British Army officer. He served as commanding officer of 2nd Battalion, Royal Green Jackets in which role he was deployed to Bosnia in 1998 and Kosovo in 1999. After service in Afghanistan, he took command of 20th Armoured Brigade in 2004 and commanded British forces in Basra. In September 2014, he became head of the British Army as Chief of the General Staff succeeding General Sir Peter Wall. In June 2018 he succeeded Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach as chief of the Defence Staff. Carter was the main architect of the Army 2020 concept and reported his recommendations in September 2012. He was appointed Knight of the Bath in July 2013, making him one of the most highly paid people in the British public sector at that time. Carter is the son of Gerald and Elspeth Carter, and was educated at Winchester College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
He is a graduate of the Royal College of Defence Studies and the University of Buckingham. He has a doctorate in military history and a master’s degree in public administration. Carter has been awarded the Distinguished Service Order in March 2011 and the Officer of the Order of theBritish Empire in November 2000. He also received the Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Service on 7 May 1999 for his service in Bosnia. In 2009, referring to the efforts of UK and NATO forces, Carter said that ‘time was not on our side’ and warned that the insurgency was ‘resilient, and alive and well’. In 2011, Carter was awarded the US Legion of Merit for his services to the U.S. military in Afghanistan. In 2012, he was appointed Commander, International Security Assistance Force, under command of American general John R Allen.
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