NATO Rapid
Deployable Corps - ITALY
Public Information Office
NEWS
RELEASE
18 September 2006
New
Deputy Commander takes over at
NATO Rapid Deployable Corps -
Italy
Solbiate Olona, Italy. After almost three years Major General
Roger LANE, Deputy Commander of the NATO Rapid
Deployable Corps – Italy (NRDC-IT), handed over his appointment to
Major
General David BILL.
Major
General LANE played a crucial role in the preparation phase of the Corps staff
for its first operational tour in Afghanistan and to a great extent to the
overall success of the mission as ISAF VIII Deputy Commander for Operations. For
his achievements he was awarded of the Croce di Comendatore al Merito
della Repubblica Italiana by the Italian Defense Minister during the ceremony marking
the return of the ISAF VIII contingent in Milan last May. Major General LANE
returns to the United Kingdom where he will retire from the Armed Forces in
February next year.
Major General BILL was Commander Engineer at Headquarters Land at Wilton
where he was responsible for the planning and coordination of engineer
operations worldwide and subsequently as Brigadier General Staff for the
strategic planning of the Headquarters and the Command. His last appointment was
the General Officer Commanding United Kingdom Support Command in Germany.
More info
on NRDC-IT are available on http://www.nato.int/nrdc-it/.
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