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{{Short description|British Army officer (1936–2012)}} | {{Short description|British Army officer (1936–2012)}} | ||
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|name= Anthony Hunter-Choat | |name= Anthony Hunter-Choat | ||
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== Early life and education == | == Early life and education == | ||
Hunter-Choat was born in [[Purley, London|Purley]], London, the son of Frederick, who worked in insurance, and Iris, a schoolteacher. The family later moved to [[Ascot, Berkshire|Ascot]]. He attended [[Dulwich College]] and [[Kingston University|Kingston College of Art]], where he trained as an architect. In his youth, he developed a taste for travel and languages, hitchhiking around Europe in his holidays.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9221907/Brigadier-Tony-Hunter-Choat.html|title=Brigadier Tony Hunter-Choat|date=23 April 2012|work=The Telegraph|access-date=31 December | Hunter-Choat was born in [[Purley, London|Purley]], London, the son of Frederick, who worked in insurance, and Iris, a schoolteacher. The family later moved to [[Ascot, Berkshire|Ascot]]. He attended [[Dulwich College]] and [[Kingston University|Kingston College of Art]], where he trained as an architect. In his youth, he developed a taste for travel and languages, hitchhiking around Europe in his holidays.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9221907/Brigadier-Tony-Hunter-Choat.html|title=Brigadier Tony Hunter-Choat|date=23 April 2012|work=The Telegraph|access-date=31 December 2016}}</ref> | ||
== Military career == | == Military career == | ||
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=== Later service === | === Later service === | ||
Immediately after retiring from the British Army, he became Commander of the Sultan of Oman's special forces at the rank of [[Brigadier]]. His responsibilities included increasing the numbers in the special forces from under 1000 to more than 2000, and for improving their equipment and capability. In 1995, he was awarded the Omani [[Knighthood Orders of Oman|Order of Achievement]] by [[Qaboos bin Said al Said|Sultan Qaboos]]. He retired from the Omani Army in 1997. From 1998 to 1999, he worked as a Kosovo ceasefire verifier with the [[Kosovo Verification Mission]]. Speaking to ''[[The Guardian]]'' in 1999, he said "Our attitude is not patronising to either the Serb units or the guerrillas. We are simply trying to persuade them not to do something silly."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/jan/05/1|title=Unarmed, unflappable, but unable to keep peace in Kosovo|last=Bird|first=Chris|date=5 January 1999|work=The Guardian|access-date=31 December | Immediately after retiring from the British Army, he became Commander of the Sultan of Oman's special forces at the rank of [[Brigadier]]. His responsibilities included increasing the numbers in the special forces from under 1000 to more than 2000, and for improving their equipment and capability. In 1995, he was awarded the Omani [[Knighthood Orders of Oman|Order of Achievement]] by [[Qaboos bin Said al Said|Sultan Qaboos]]. He retired from the Omani Army in 1997. From 1998 to 1999, he worked as a Kosovo ceasefire verifier with the [[Kosovo Verification Mission]]. Speaking to ''[[The Guardian]]'' in 1999, he said "Our attitude is not patronising to either the Serb units or the guerrillas. We are simply trying to persuade them not to do something silly."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/jan/05/1|title=Unarmed, unflappable, but unable to keep peace in Kosovo|last=Bird|first=Chris|date=5 January 1999|work=The Guardian|access-date=31 December 2016}}</ref> He became the head of security for [[Aga Khan IV]]. This involved helping to create a base for the Aga Khan at [[Chantilly, Oise]]. | ||
After the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]], Hunter-Choat became head of security for the [[Coalition Provisional Authority]]'s Program Management Office (PMO), which was responsible for funding reconstruction projects in the country. He was involved in some scandal when the PMO awarded a contract worth $293 million to [[Aegis Defence Services]] headed by [[Tim Spicer]], who Hunter-Choat knew personally. However, there was no suggestion that Hunter-Choat had acted improperly. He was later responsible for making security plans for [[United States Agency for International Development|USAID]] in Afghanistan and was an accomplished lecturer on leadership and security.<ref name=":0" /> | After the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]], Hunter-Choat became head of security for the [[Coalition Provisional Authority]]'s Program Management Office (PMO), which was responsible for funding reconstruction projects in the country. He was involved in some scandal when the PMO awarded a contract worth $293 million to [[Aegis Defence Services]] headed by [[Tim Spicer]], who Hunter-Choat knew personally. However, there was no suggestion that Hunter-Choat had acted improperly. He was later responsible for making security plans for [[United States Agency for International Development|USAID]] in Afghanistan and was an accomplished lecturer on leadership and security.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
== Legacy == | == Legacy == | ||
The Hunter-Choat pace stick is awarded biennially to a [[Combined Cadet Force]] cadet in Hereford.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ludlowadvertiser.co.uk/news/regional/14466803.Hereford_cadets_go_on_parade_during_biennial_inspection/?ref=mrb&lp=9|title=Hereford cadets go on parade during biennial inspection|date=3 May 2016|work=Ludlow Advertiser|access-date=31 December | The Hunter-Choat pace stick is awarded biennially to a [[Combined Cadet Force]] cadet in Hereford.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ludlowadvertiser.co.uk/news/regional/14466803.Hereford_cadets_go_on_parade_during_biennial_inspection/?ref=mrb&lp=9|title=Hereford cadets go on parade during biennial inspection|date=3 May 2016|work=Ludlow Advertiser|access-date=31 December 2016}}</ref> ''French Foreign Legion 1831–71'', by [[Martin Windrow]], published by [[Osprey Publishing]], is both dedicated to, and prefaced by, Hunter-Choat.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ct3oDAAAQBAJ&q=tony+hunter-choat&pg=PT2|title=French Foreign Legion 1831–71|isbn=9781472817723|access-date=31 December 2016|last1=Windrow|first1=Martin|date=15 December 2016}}</ref> | ||
== Personal life == | == Personal life == | ||