John McColl

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Sir John McColl
17 April 1952 -
General Sir John McColl Picture: Crown Copyright
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1973—
Rank	General
Commands held	1 Mechanised Brigade 3rd (UK) Mechanised Division
Battles/wars	Northern Ireland Bosnia Iraq Afghanistan
Awards	KCB, CBE, DSO

General Sir John Chalmers McColl, KCB, CBE, DSO (b. 17 April 1952) is Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe.

Educated at Culford School, he was commissioned into the Royal Anglian Regiment in 1973. In 1989 he became a squadron commander in the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment. He held a variety of commands and military posts before commanding 1 Mechanised Brigade in 1997. In 1999 he became Assistant Chief of Staff at Land Command and in 2000 he was given command of 3rd (UK) Mechanised Division. In 2001 he was appointed the first leader of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan^[1].

In 2003 he came Commandant of the Joint Services Command and Staff College.

In 2004 he was appointed Deputy Commander and Senior British Representative in the Multinational Force Iraq, and in 2005 he became Commander, Regional Forces^[2].

In October 2007 he became Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (DSACEUR) in the rank of General^[3], replacing General Sir John Reith KCB CBE.

He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 2008 New Year Honours.

According to reports from Associated Press ^[4] and other media outlets, General McColl is touted as a preferred choice to become a new "super envoy" in Afghanistan after Paddy Ashdown was reportedly rejected by Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

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Military offices
Preceded by Sir John Reith	Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe 2007–	Succeeded by Incumbent