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Major General Jonathan Swift, is a senior British Army officer. He served as General Officer Commanding, Regional Command from July 2022 to August 2023. Military career Swift was commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers in 1995. He became commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers in 2011, in which capacity he was deployed to Afghanistan on Operation Herrick 18 as commander of Transition Support Unit Nahr-e-Saraj. He went on to become senior requirements manager for armoured vehicles in Defence Equipment and Support in 2014, Assistant Head for Capability Plans in Army Headquarters in 2015 and commander, 38 (Irish) Brigade in September 2017. After that, he became Head of Ground Manoeuvre Capability at Army Headquarters in October 2019. He was made colonel of The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers on 1 September 2020, an honorary post. On 6 July 2022, he was appointed General Officer Commanding, Regional Command and promoted to major general. During his visit to BFB Tuker Lines in May 2023, he planted plants, spoke to spouses, and officially launched the BFB Community Library.

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Notable quotes

“Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own.”
— The Battle of the Books, preface (1704)
“…one enemy can do more hurt, than ten friends can do good.”
— Journal to Stella (30 June, 1711)
“I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout.”
— A Modest Proposal (1729)
“Violent zeal for truth hath an hundred to one odds to be either petulancy, ambition, or pride.”
— Thoughts on Religion
“He made it a part of his religion never to say grace to his meat.”
— Sect. 11
“Better belly burst than good liquor be lost.”
— Earlier proverb, quoted in James Howell's English Proverbs (1659)

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Not who you're looking for? Others named Jonathan Swift: Anglo-Irish satirist and essayist (1667–1745) · British judge

Overview

Major General Jonathan Swift, is a senior British Army officer. He served as General Officer Commanding, Regional Command from July 2022 to August 2023. Military career Swift was commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers in 1995. He became commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers in 2011, in which capacity he was deployed to Afghanistan on Operation Herrick 18 as commander of Transition Support Unit Nahr-e-Saraj. He went on to become senior requirements manager for armoured vehicles in Defence Equipment and Support in 2014, Assistant Head for Capability Plans in Army Headquarters in 2015 and commander, 38 (Irish) Brigade in September 2017. After that, he became Head of Ground Manoeuvre Capability at Army Headquarters in October 2019. He was made colonel of The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers on 1 September 2020, an honorary post. On 6 July 2022, he was appointed General Officer Commanding, Regional Command and promoted to major general. During his visit to BFB Tuker Lines in May 2023, he planted plants, spoke to spouses, and officially launched the BFB Community Library.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own.”
— The Battle of the Books, preface (1704)
“…one enemy can do more hurt, than ten friends can do good.”
— Journal to Stella (30 June, 1711)
“I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout.”
— A Modest Proposal (1729)
“Violent zeal for truth hath an hundred to one odds to be either petulancy, ambition, or pride.”
— Thoughts on Religion
“He made it a part of his religion never to say grace to his meat.”
— Sect. 11
“Better belly burst than good liquor be lost.”
— Earlier proverb, quoted in James Howell's English Proverbs (1659)

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Major General Jonathan Swift, is a senior British Army officer. He served as General Officer Commanding, Regional Command from July 2022 to August 2023.

Jonathan Swift across IJR

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Jonathan SwiftSmall talk, big energy — the British judge has time for you.Jonathan SwiftThe British army officer, cornered at a party and loving it.

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