Martin “Marty”Edward Dempsey,is a retired United States Army general who served as the 18th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 1,2011 until September 25,2015. He previously served as the 37th chief of Staff of the Army from April 11,2011,to September 7,2011. Before that,he served as Commanding General,U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command,from December 8,2008,to April 11,2011,as Acting Commander,U.S. Central Command,from March 24,2008,to October 30,2008,as Deputy Commander,U.S. Central Command,from August 2007 to March 23,2008,and as Commanding General,Multi-National Security Transition Command –Iraq (MNSTC-I),from August 2005 to August 2007. Dempsey assumed his assignment as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on October 1,2011 and stepped down from the Chairmanship on September 25,2015. He has served as a professor at Duke University and as chairman of USA Basketball.
General Nirmal Chander Vij PVSM,UYSM,AVSM was the 21st Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army. He held the office from 1 Jan 2003 to 31 Jan 2005.
Domkat Yah Bali was a Nigerian army four-star general,who was Minister of Defence and Chief of Defence Staff from 1984 to 1990,and a member of the Supreme Military Council of 1984–1985,and the Armed Forces Ruling Council of 1985–1990.
The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) is a military university based in Kaduna,Nigeria that trains officer cadets for commissioning into one of the three services of the Nigerian Armed Forces:the Army,the Navy,and the Air Force. The duration of training at the Nigerian Defence Academy is five years.
General Gopal Gurunath Bewoor PVSM PB,was a senior officer of the Indian Army who served as the 8th Chief of Army Staff,and later an Indian diplomat to Denmark.
General Sundararajan Padmanabhan PVSM,AVSM,VSM is a former General Officer of the Indian Army. He served as the 17th Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army. Gen. Padmanabhan succeeded General V.P. Malik on 30 September 2000. He also served as Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee.
John Nanzip Shagaya was a Nigerian senator and former military officer who was elected in April 2007 to represent the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau State as member of the Nigerian Senate for Plateau South. He ran for reelection in April 2011 on the Labour Party (LP) platform,but was defeated by Victor Lar of the PDP. As a non commissioned officer (NCO) with the 2nd Reconnaissance Squadron in Abeokuta,he participated in the Nigerian counter-coup of 1966.
General Bipin Rawat was an Indian military officer who was a four-star general of the Indian Army. He served as the first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of the Indian Armed Forces from January 2020 until his death in a helicopter crash in December 2021. Prior to taking over as the CDS,he served as the 57th Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee of the Indian Armed Forces as well as 26th Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) of the Indian Army.
Aliyu Mohammed Gusau is a Nigerian general and statesman. He has held several high level national security,military and intelligence offices,and has participated in several military coups,playing a central role in founding the Fourth Nigerian Republic.
Abba Kyari was a Nigerian army brigadier who served as governor of the now defunct North-Central State,Nigeria after it was formed from the Northern Region during the military regime of General Yakubu Gowon.
Ipoola Alani Akinrinade is a retired Nigerian Army lieutenant general,who was Chief of Army Staff (COAS),Nigeria from October 1979 to April 1980,and then Chief of Defence Staff until 1981 during the Nigerian Second Republic.
General Bikram Singh,PVSM,UYSM,AVSM,SM,VSM,ADC is a retired Indian army officer who served as the 24th Chief of Army Staff (COAS) of the Indian Army. Previously the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the army's Eastern Command,he succeeded General V. K. Singh as COAS on May 31,2012. He retired on 31 July 2014. He is the second Sikh to be COAS,the first having been General J. J. Singh. He was also the Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee (CoSC) of the Indian armed forces.
General Sir Mark Alexander Popham Carleton-Smith,is a senior British Army officer. He served as Chief of the General Staff from June 2018 to June 2022,succeeding General Sir Nick Carter. He was succeeded by General Sir Patrick Sanders. He previously served as Director Special Forces and commanded 22 Special Air Service Regiment.
Asim Saleem BajwaHI(M) TBt is a retired Pakistani three-star general who served as the chairman of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Authority from November 2019 to August 2021 and the special assistant to then Prime Minister Imran Khan on the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting from 28 April 2020 to 12 October 2020. On 11 December 2016,Bajwa was appointed as Inspector General Arms at GHQ,where he served until his appointment to the position of Commander Southern Command and XII Corps in September 2017. Previously,he also served as Director General of the ISPR from 2012 to 2016.
Tukur Yusuf Buratai(Listen)psc(+) NAM GSS ndc (BD) is a retired Nigerian army lieutenant general,former Chief of Army Staff,and Nigeria's Ambassador to the Republic of Benin. He was commissioned into the Nigerian Army in 1983 and has had multiple command,administrative,and instructional appointments.
The Director of Defence Information is a Nigerian military personnel appointed by the Nigerian army to provides information technology (IT) and communications support to the Ministry of Defence,Chief of Army Staff,military services,the combatant command and any individual or system contributing to the defense of Nigeria. The appointed officer also serves as spokesperson to the Nigerian army.
Lieutenant General Philip Campose,PVSM,AVSM &Bar,VSM was the Vice Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army and assumed office on 1 August 2014 succeeding General Dalbir Singh. He retired on 31 July 2015 and was succeeded by Lieutenant General Man Mohan Singh Rai.
Mohammed Tasiu Ibrahim is a retired Nigerian Army major general who served as the 27th Commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy. He was appointed Commandant in July 2015 by the Chief of Army Staff,Maj-Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratai succeeding Major General Muhammad Inuwa Idris
General Manoj Mukund Naravane is a retired Indian Army General who served as the 27th Chief of the Army Staff (COAS),as well as the temporary Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee from 15 December 2021 until his superannuation on 30 April 2022. He took over as COAS from General Bipin Rawat on 31 December 2019 after the latter completed his term. Prior to his appointment as the COAS,the general served as the 40th Vice Chief of Army Staff (VCOAS) of the Indian Army,General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) of Eastern Command and General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Army Training Command.
General Anil Chauhan is a four-star general of the Indian Army,who is the current and 2nd Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of the Indian Armed Forces,since 30 September 2022.
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