Years of service 1966–2001 Allegiance United Kingdom | Rank Major-General Service/branch British Army | |
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Bosnian War
Kosovo War Awards Order of the Bath, Order of the British Empire Battles and wars Operation Banner, Bosnian War, Kosovo War Commands helds 20th Armoured Infantry Brigade, Multi-National Division | ||
Major General Andrew Robert Douglas Pringle, CB, CBE (born 1946) is a retired British Army officer and currently president of KBR's International Government and Defence business.
Military career
Pringle attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and was commissioned on 16 December 1966, as a second lieutenant in the Royal Green Jackets. He was promoted to lieutenant in July 1968, captain in December 1992 and major in February 1979. He undertook a tour in Northern Ireland in 1980 for which he was appointed MBE. Promoted to lieutenant-colonel in August 1983, he was given command of his Regiment and promoted to full colonel in July 1988.
He advanced to CBE in 1991. Promoted to Brigadier in July 1992, he was then given command of 20th Armoured Brigade in 1994. He undertook a tour in Bosnia in 1995 for which he was given the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service. In 1996 he became Director of Land Warfare at the Ministry of Defence.
Pringle was promoted to major-general and appointed Commander of the Multi-National Division (South-West) of the Stabilization Force in Bosnia in November 1997; this earned him a further Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service. He then became Chief of Staff at the UK's Permanent Joint Headquarters in October 1998 in which role he was involved in British operations in Kosovo and Macedonia during 1999 for which he was appointed CB in the New Years Honours List 2000.
He retired in October 2001. In March 2004 he became a Non-Executive Director of Manpower Software and in April 2008 he became president of KBR's International Government, Defence & Support Services business.