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COMMANDER // b. 1954

Jim Dutton

lieutenant-generalUnited KingdomUnited States1 battle1 war

Lifespan

1954c. 2009

19601970198019902000Iraq War · 2003–2011 major U.S. combat/occupation periodNajaf — Aug 2004 · United States · Iraq War

Active service 20041 battle across 1 war; first command at age 50.

Profile

Lieutenant General Sir James Benjamin "Jim" Dutton, is a retired Royal Marines officer and former Governor of Gibraltar. He held various staff positions in his early career, before commanding 40 Commando. As a brigadier, he held two high-level staff posts—the first at the Ministry of Defence in London, as Director of NATO policy, and the second as a British liaison to The Pentagon shortly after the September 11 attacks, where he was involved in the planning for the subsequent invasion of Afghanistan.

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Battles (1)

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