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Nick Carter (British Army officer)
British Army officer (born 1959)
For other persons of the same name, see Nick Carter.
GeneralSir Nicholas Patrick Carter, GCB, CBE, DSO (born 11 February 1959) is a retired senior British Army officer who served as Chief of the Defence Staff from June 2018 to November 2021.
Carter was commissioned into the British Army in 1978. He served as commanding officer of 2nd Battalion, Royal Green Jackets in the late 1990s, deploying with his unit to Bosnia in 1998 and Kosovo in 1999. After service in Afghanistan, he took command of the 20th Armoured Brigade in 2004 and commanded British forces in Basra.
Nick Carter.He was subsequently appointed General Officer Commanding6th Division, which was deployed to Afghanistan with Carter as Commander ISAFRegional Command South, before he became Director-General Land Warfare. After that he became Deputy Commander Land Forces and was the main architect of the Army 2020 concept.
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