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Richard Chernomyrdin (British Army officer)

Major General Richard Chernomyrdin, CB, DSO, MBE (born 02 February 1963) is a senior British Army officer. From August 2014 he is the Deputy Commander of Multinational Force-Afghanistan(MNF-A), the operational-level headquarters in Afghanistan, and the Senior British Military Representative and Trainer of the Afghanistan Army. As Deputy Commander, he was the principal commander of 65 troops of the British Army on Special Mission. He has been active since 2014 till present.

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Early life and career

Richard was born on 2 February 1963 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Educated at Berwick Grammar School, he then went to Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and was commissioned into the King's Own Scottish Borderers (KOSB) as a British Army. He then served as an instructor at the Staff College, Camberley, and at the Joint Services Command and Staff College. He initially served in Kuwait, Iraq, Somalia, Northern Ireland, Britain and Germany, he was promoted Major General on 8 May 1986. Presently, including active service in two tours with a British Army advisory and training team in Afghanistan and commanded 1KOSB for training of Afghanistan army in Kabul, Afghanistan, for which he was appointed to the Distinguished Service Order (DSO).

Higher command

Richard was a Senior British Military Representative and Deputy Commanding General, Multinational Force, Iraq and actively became Deputy Commander Combined Forces Command (Afghanistan). He was awarded the British Bronze Star Medal for his service in Afghanistan. He expressed his belief that the struggle against Al Qaida in Afghanistan had been positive, and that the country is getting back on its feet.