ACM Sir Stuart Peach elected as NATO CMC
 

MOD has announced that CDS, Stu Peach, has been elected by his fellow NATO Chiefs of Defence to be NATO's next Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC). He will be, I believe, the first RAF officer- and, of course, the first Navigator - to occupy this post and he will take it over in June 2018.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/u...tary-committee

NATO must be expecting a crisis if they need Peachy for the job.

Anyway, top bloke so well-deserved.

Nice news ... yesterday's Times had a piece on the subject suggesting that some of our NATO partners might vote against him as a punishment for Brexit. Glad common sense prevailed.

This may be a daft question, but would this be in addition to his current role?

No, he will leave his national post on moving to Brussels next summer ..... and no doubt the question of who will then succeed him here as CDS will already have begun to exercise minds in London.

Good! And glad to read that The Times was wrong.

The Times also suggested that Gen Messenger (RM), VCDS, could be in the frame to succeed, along with CGS Gen Carter.

"Place your bets ... "

"Don't shoot the Messenger!"

Me and my brother introduced ourselves to General Messenger a couple of years ago at a rugby dinner in London, seeing as how he was originally from Dundee, as we are. What a great guy. Very happy to sit at our table and reminisce - until someone thought he had better things to do than have a laugh with a couple of jocks, and dragged him off.

Good to see Team GBR can still come to the fore

Team Gibraltar?

Elected? Well Bless my Soul, the armed forces are a democracy at last. :suspect:

According to his days on Tonkas...woe betide any underling who does not perform to spec, as he doesn't suffer fools gladly!

I suspect that his new underlings, the 28 CDSs of NATO, will see rather more of 'diplomatic' than 'angry' Peachy!

I see that Stu Peach's tenure as Chair of NATO's Military Committee ended today with his handing over to a Dutch Admiral.

https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive...ectedLocale=en

With his combination of Rank and very senior appointments, I'd say Stu retires as the RAF's most senior Nav of all time!

NOT good form to take photos at D-i-Ns! Surely it must be a 'port for the mess' fining event to behave in such a way?

Not Port - a bottle of something "Short" surely?

Well, after serving for 10 years (!) as a 4*, across four appointments including the three most influential in the UK military (COM JFC as was, and VCDS both carrying more clout than the single-service chiefs) and the most senior in NATO, it surely can't be long until Peachy joins Jock Stirrup both as a Marshal of the RAF and in the House of Lords. Stirrup after all did a mere 7 years at 4*!

Yes, the title "Lord Del Monte" would be most apt for him! :)

Don't forget CDS as well Easy Street.

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