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General Sir Rupert Anthony Smith, KCB, DSO & Bar, OBE, QGM (born 1943) is a retired British Army officer and author of ''The Utility of Force''. He demonstrated his leadership as a senior commander during the Gulf War, for which he was recognised with the award of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO), and again during the Bosnian War, for which he was recognised with the award of a Bar to his DSO. He later became Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe. ==Military career== Smith was educated at the Haileybury and Imperial Service College and later at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He enlisted in 1962 and graduating from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant into the Parachute Regiment in December 1964. He has served in East and South Africa, Arabia, the Caribbean, Northern Ireland, Europe and Malaysia. He was promoted lieutenant in June 1966, captain in December 1970, and major in December 1975. In 1978, when a major, he was awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal for services in Northern Ireland. In June 1980 Smith was promoted to lieutenant-colonel and again in June 1985 to colonel. His promotion to brigadier came in December 1986. In October 1990 Smith was promoted major-general taking command of the 1st Armoured Division which he led during the Gulf War (1990–1991). For services during the war he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) and the Order of Abdulaziz Al Saud 3rd Class. The citation for the DSO, published in the London Gazette reads: He became the first Assistant Chief of Defence Operations and Security at the UK Ministry of Defence in August 1992. While there he was intimately involved in the UK's development of the strategy in Bosnia-Herzegovina. In January 1995 he was granted the acting rank of lieutenant-general and appointed Commander Bosnia and Herzogovina Command to command UNPROFOR in Sarajevo. He was responsible for breaking the siege of the city by creating the UN Rapid Reaction Force, and ultimately thereby bringing the war to an end. His lieutenant-general rank was made substantive in April 1995 and he was awarded a second DSO in 1996 for his services in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Between 1996 and 1998 he was General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland. His final assignment, initially as an acting general, was as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe between 1998 and 2001, covering NATO's Operation Allied Force during the Kosovo war, and the development of the European Security and Defence Identity. His general's rank was made substantive on 1 January 1999. His retirement from the army took effect in January 2002. He was appointed Honorary Colonel of Exeter University OTC in June 2003 having held periods of tenure as Colonel Commandant Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (November 1992 to November 1997) and Colonel Commandant The Parachute Regiment (July 1993 to September 1998). He also held the appointment of Aide-de-Camp General to the Queen between August 2000 and November 2001. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rupert Smith」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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