| 词条 | Anthony Palmer (British Army officer) |
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|name= Anthony Palmer |birth_date=13 March 1949 |birth_place= |death_place= |image= |caption= |nickname= |allegiance= {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom |serviceyears= 1970-2005 |rank= Lieutenant-General |branch= British Army |current position= |commands=2nd Bn Royal Green Jackets 8th Infantry Brigade |unit= |battles=The Troubles |awards= Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire |laterwork= }} Lieutenant-General Anthony Malcolm Douglas Palmer {{post-nominals|CB|CBE}} (born 13 March 1949) is a retired British Army officer. He was Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Personnel) from 2002 to 2005. Military careerEducated at Winchester College, Palmer was commissioned into the Royal Green Jackets in 1970 and served in Northern Ireland during the Troubles.[1] He became Commanding Officer of 2nd Bn Royal Green Jackets in 1988, Commander of 8th Infantry Brigade in 1992 and Director of Army Plans at the Ministry of Defence in 1996.[2] He went on to be Director-General of Army Training and Recruiting in 1999, Deputy Commander (Operations) of the Stabilisation Force in Bosnia in 2002 and Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Personnel) in 2002 before retiring in 2005.[3] In retirement he became Chairman of the Pakistan Society.[4] He has also organised a summer adventure camp for black youths in conjunction with the Commission for Racial Equality,[5] introduced gender-fair training for women in the army after it was found that a policy of equal treatment resulted in a high level of injuries for female recruits[6] and launched Project Compass to help ex-service homeless find employment.[7] He was awarded CB in the New Years Honours, 2005. References1. ^The Pakistan Society {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef|before=Sir Malcolm Pledger}}{{s-ttl|title=Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Personnel)|years=2002–2005}}{{s-aft|after=David Pocock}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Palmer, Anthony}}2. ^Debrett's People of Today {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217152247/http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/p/21060/Anthony%20Malcolm%20Douglas%2BPALMER.aspx |date=17 December 2013 }} 3. ^{{citation|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/3241133.stm|publisher=BBC|author=Jeremy Paxman|date=4 November 2003|title=Army bullying allegations}} 4. ^{{citation|url=http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/apcity/unpan023562.htm|title=Partnership with Private Sector Vital to Eliminate Poverty|date=17 June 2006|publisher=Business Recorder}} 5. ^{{citation|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/aug/20/ukcrime.race|title=Black army officers recruited to help stop gang violence|publisher=The Guardian|date=20 August 2007 |author=Hugh Muir}} 6. ^{{citation|title=Women pay painful price for equal military training|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article434024.ece|date=22 March 2005|publisher=The Times|author=Michael Evans | location=London}} 7. ^{{citation|title=Launch of project to help ex-service homeless find employment|publisher=UK Government|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-21665939_ITM|date=17 June 2004}} 6 : 1949 births|Living people|People educated at Winchester College|British Army generals|Companions of the Order of the Bath|Commanders of the Order of the British Empire |
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