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The Commander Force Development and Capability was a senior (3 star)
British Army The British Army is the principal Army, land warfare force of the United Kingdom. the British Army comprises 73,847 regular full-time personnel, 4,127 Brigade of Gurkhas, Gurkhas, 25,742 Army Reserve (United Kingdom), volunteer reserve perso ...
officer with responsibility for training the Army, and developing its capability, sustainability and doctrine.Army conducts top level organisational review
Defence News, 9 December 2009
The post of Commander Force Development and Training was first established in December 2009. Following a further organisational review, the appointment became Commander Force Development and Capability on 1 April 2014, losing responsibility for recruiting and initial training. This post no longer exists as of 2015.


Commanders

Commanders have included: *2009-2010 Lieutenant-General
Bill Rollo Lieutenant General Sir William Raoul Rollo, (born August 1955) is a former senior British Army officer. Military career Rollo was commissioned as a second lieutenant (on probation) in the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve on 10 March 197 ...
*2010-2012 Lieutenant-General Paul Newton *2012-2014 Lieutenant-General Jonathan Page *2014-2015 Lieutenant-General
Mark Poffley Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom), Lieutenant General Sir Mark William Poffley, (born 1960) is a former senior British Army officer and an active director of the Israeli military technology firm Elbit Systems. Military career Poffley was comm ...


References

{{reflist Senior appointments of the British Army