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.
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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 ...
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*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 ...
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Senior appointments of the British Army