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Daily Mail News (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
The head of the British Army is lining up an early retirement, military sources have claimed. General Sir Richard Dannatt, 57, will go after being passed over for the top job of Chief of the Defence Staff, they say.
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"ROGUE GUNNER" (Free subscription) | 17/08/2008
The son of Britain’s top soldier is leaving the Army after a five-year career that has included two tours of Iraq and deployments to Afghanistan, Bosnia and the Falklands. Grenadier Guards Captain Bertie Dannatt, 27 – whose father, General Sir Richard Dannatt, is Chief of the General Staff – is expected to take a job in the City, where he could earn three times his current £38,000-a-year salary. Read...
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SWJ Blog (Free subscription) | 19/07/2008
Soldiers to Learn Nation-building - Chris Smyth, The Times The head of the Army will today (Thursday) call for creation of a new class of soldier specialising in nation-building and development to reconstruct the Iraqs and Afghanistans of the future. General Sir Richard Dannatt, Chief of the General Staff, will say that the Army should consider creating “permanent cadres of stabilisation specialists”...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 18/07/2008
A package of welfare improvements for the military, including a doubling of compensation payments, has been welcomed by the head of the Army as "very good start" towards giving the Armed Forces the treatment they deserve.
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EU Referendum (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
It would be entertaining to take a sarcastic view of the much-trailed speech to be given by General Sir Richard Dannatt this evening on the importance of reconstruction in the armoury of the modern soldier. We could so easily offer the jibe, "nice of you to catch up", remarking that we have been banging this drum for some little time, the work based on the gradual realisation that the war in Afghanistan...
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Times Online (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
The head of the Army will today call for creation of a new class of soldier specialising in nation-building and development to reconstruct the Iraqs and Afghanistans of the future.
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 16/07/2008
British soldiers should be trained to rebuild war-torn countries and not just fight conflicts, Britain's top soldier is expected to say.
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Queerty (Free subscription) | 15/07/2008
The United States could learn a lot from its former colonial masters over in jolly old England: “Army chiefs joined forces with protest group Stonewall to promote equal rights and tolerance of homosexual soldiers. The head of the British Army, General Sir Richard Dannatt, said discrimination prevented soldiers doing their jobs properly, and said the [...]
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Tom Jackson Online (Free subscription) | 12/07/2008
The British Army 's top officer is expected to leave his post early, after being snubbed for the UK's senior military appointment. General Sir Richard Dannatt, Chief of the General Staff (CGS), could leave the Army before the end of the year following the news that Air Chief Marshall Sir Jock Stirrup has been extended in the role of Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) until 2011. General Dannatt is held...
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Radio 4 - Today (Free subscription) | 12/07/2008
There've been all sorts of stories in the press over the past week about the position of Sir Richard Dannatt, the head of the army who in the past has made some fairly robust public comments about pay and conditions in the service. Allan Mallinson and Eric Joyce discuss.
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Daily Mail online | Home (Free subscription) | 12/07/2008
The outspoken head of the British Army, General Sir Richard Dannatt, is expected to retire early after being passed over for the top post of Chief of the Defence Staff.
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Daily Mail on Sunday (Free subscription) | 12/07/2008
The outspoken head of the British Army, General Sir Richard Dannatt, is expected to retire early after being passed over for the top post of Chief of the Defence Staff.
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Evening Standard (Free subscription) | 12/07/2008
The outspoken head of the British Army, General Sir Richard Dannatt, is expected to retire early after being passed over for the top post of Chief of the Defence Staff.
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SWJ Blog (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
Chief of the General Staff, General Sir Richard Dannatt Remarks at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) Future Land Warfare Conference 12 June 2008 The Land Environment – Moving Towards 2018 May I start this morning by adding my welcome to that of our Chairman, and in particular thank Professor Michael Clarke, the Director of RUSI and Lieutenant General Ted Stroupe, the Vice President of AUSA,...
