Years of service 1985– Allegiance United Kingdom | Rank Lieutenant general Name Mark Poffley | |
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Commands held 13 Air Assault Support Regiment102nd Logistic Brigade Battles/wars Gulf WarBosnian WarInsurgency in the Republic of MacedoniaWar in AfghanistanIraq War Awards Order of the British Empire Battles and wars | ||
Lwc 2015 lt general mark poffley deputy cgs british army
Lieutenant-General Mark William Poffley, OBE (born 1960) is a senior British Army officer. Since 2014, he has been Commander Force Development and Capability. He was also the Deputy Chief of the General Staff. In January 2016, he was appointed as Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Military Capability) at the Ministry of Defence.
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- Lwc 2015 lt general mark poffley deputy cgs british army
- IndiaUK Address by Lt Gen Mark Poffley Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff Military Capability
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#IndiaUK | Address by Lt. Gen. Mark Poffley, Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Military Capability)
Military career
Poffley was commissioned into the Royal Army Ordnance Corps in 1985. After seeing action in the Gulf War and then in the Bosnian War, he served as Deputy Chief of Staff for 24 Airmobile Brigade and then as Staff Officer responsible for Plans and Doctrine in the Attack Helicopter Team. He became commanding officer of 13 Air Assault Support Regiment in 2001, and was deployed to Macedonia in August of that year and Afghanistan in 2002.
Poffley went on to be Colonel Army Plans in 2003 and commander 102nd Logistic Brigade in 2005, seeing active service in Iraq in that capacity. He went on to be Principal Staff Officer to the Chief of the Defence Staff in December 2006, Chief of Staff Land Forces in March 2009 and Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Resources and Plans) in November 2011: he was given the additional title of Master General of Logistics in June 2012. He went on to be Commander Force Development and Capability in February 2014 as well as the Deputy Chief of the General Staff in Spring 2015. After that he was appointed Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Military Capability) at the Ministry of Defence in January 2016.