John Cooper Military person

Lieutenant General John Cooper, CB, DSO, MBE (born 17 February 1955) is a former senior British Army officer. From March 2008 the Deputy Commander of Multinational Force-Iraq (MNF-I), the operational-level headquarters in Iraq, and Senior British Military Representative-Iraq. As Deputy Commander, he was the principal assistant to General Raymond T. Odierno of the United States Army. He stepped down on 4 March 2009, and retired from the army later that year.

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John Cooper
Birth dateFebruary 17, 1955
Birth place
Berwick-upon-Tweed

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allegianceUnited Kingdom
award
Order of the Bath
Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order
military operations
Bosnia and Herzegovina
War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
Iraq War
Operation Banner
Gulf War
military command
12th Mechanised Brigade 1999–2002
1st (UK) Armoured Division 2005–06
1st Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers 1994–97
Deputy Commander of Multinational Force-Iraq 2008-date
military unit
King's Own Scottish Borderers
service start1975
service end2009

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