David Eastman MBE BEng (Hons) Msc CEng FIMechE

Deputy Chief of the General Staff · British Army · company speakers →

Lt Gen David Eastman commissioned into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in 1989.  He has served in Hong Kong, Nepal, Germany, the Falkland Islands, Australia and across the UK,  and has deployed on operations in Bosnia, Kosovo, Northern Ireland, Iraq and Afghanistan twice.  He was made an MBE following the first UK deployment to Helmand in 2006, during which he was  employed as the Deputy Chief of Staff, 16 Air Assault Brigade.     In addition to service with a wide variety of field force units, Lt Gen Eastman has focused on  developing his Joint, International and Capability credentials at the Operational and Strategic  levels. Roles have included planning the redeployment of British Forces from Afghanistan whilst in  PJHQ; Force Development and Strategic Management of the UK military force structure in support  of the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review as part of the Financial and Military Capability  Directorate in MoD; and a stint as a Military Assistant at the strategic level for the Assistant Chief of  the General staff.     From an international perspective, he has been the Military Assistant to a German 4-star NATO  commander, commanded a globally-deployed Defence Engagement-focused logistic brigade and  commanded the UN multi-national contingent on a number of exercises in South Korea. He served  as the Head of International Policy and Plans for Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the  Caribbean in the Ministry of Defence, subsequently switching to Euro-Atlantic Security.     He completed the UK Higher Command and Staff Course in 2013 and, in 2019, the Australian War  College Defence and Strategic Studies Course in Canberra.     <p

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