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The UK co-chaired the 1954 Geneva Conference with the Soviet Union, overseeing the creation of the sovereign states of North Vietnam and South Vietnam in the final stages of the First Indochina War. Prior to the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution , the United Kingdom began providing support to the South Vietnamese government in the form of advice ...
Hockenhull was commissioned into the Intelligence Corps in 1986. [2] He deployed to Northern Ireland multiple times during his early career, for which he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) on 22 November 1994, [3] awarded a Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service "in recognition of gallant and distinguished services" in 1999, [4] and promoted Officer of the Order ...
Strategic Command develops and coordinates joint capabilities for UK Defence such as medical services, intelligence, support and logistics, digital and communication systems, cyber, special forces, training and education, and UK overseas bases. They also manage overseas military operations through the Permanent Joint Headquarters. [1]
Strategic Command will integrate fighting across Air, Land, Sea, Cyber and Space and ensure the armed services operate at the forefront of the information environment. [5] On 9 December 2019, it was announced that Joint Forces Command was renamed Strategic Command. [6] Joint Force Command and Strategic Command handled a number of space functions.
Following World War II, the Chiefs of Staff Committee was transferred to the Ministry of Defence. In 1955 the Government decided to create the post of Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee. [ 1 ] The post came into existence on 1 January 1956 and the only incumbent was Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir William Dickson who served until 1 ...
The 1945–1946 War in Vietnam, codenamed Operation Masterdom [3] by the British, and also known as the Southern Resistance War (Vietnamese: Nam Bộ kháng chiến) [4] [5] by the Vietnamese, was a post–World War II armed conflict involving a largely British-Indian and French task force and Japanese troops from the Southern Expeditionary Army Group, versus the Vietnamese communist movement ...
Frederick C. Weyand was a U.S. Army General who was the last commander of American military operations in the Vietnam War from 1972 to 1973. Elmo Zumwalt was a U.S. admiral and commander of American naval forces in Vietnam. William W. Momyer was commander of the U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Command and the commander of the 7th Air Force.
He became Deputy Commander Joint Forces Command, renamed as Strategic Command in January 2020. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] Magowan was promoted to lieutenant general on 22 January 2020. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] In April 2021, he was once more appointed as Commandant General Royal Marines, becoming the first person to hold the position twice, along with being the first ...