Afghanistan chief is new Army head
Updated on 17 October 2008
A former commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan who recently called for more troops to be sent to the country has been named as the next head of the Army.
Sir David Richards, the current Commander-in-Chief Land Forces, will succeed the outspoken General Sir Richard Dannatt as Chief of the General Staff in August next year.
At the same time, it was announced that Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope is to become the next head of the Royal Navy while Air Marshal Stephen Dalton will become the head of the Royal Air Force.
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