David Short Brigadier (Retired) CBE, late AAC
David Short comes originally from Northumberland and was educated at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Durham and Cambridge Universities. He joined the Army and attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 1983.
After flying tours in Germany and Northern Ireland he returned to the Army Staff College at Camberley in 1994. Following a staff tour with the Headquarters of the Allied Command Europe, Rapid Reaction Corps, during which time he deployed to Bosnia for a year with NATO’s Implementation Force, he went back to Germany to command his squadron. Throughout these initial years, he took a very keen interest in soldiers’ careers and their promotion requirements.
On promotion, he became a member of the Directing Staff at the Joint Services Command and Staff College and this was followed rapidly by an exchange tour at the US Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, USA. Following this, he returned to command his Regiment in Dishforth, North Yorkshire, during which time he introduced the Apache attack helicopter into the Field Army. In order to deliver this capability, the Regiment’s manpower grew to some 650 in strength.
On promotion to Colonel, he went to be the Director of the Strategic Direction Centre at the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander Allied Powers Europe during which time he oversaw NATO’s ISAF mission expand across the whole of Afghanistan, established training missions in Iraq and Darfur, handed over NATO’s mission in Bosnia to the European Union, downsized NATO’s forces in Kosovo and supported NATO’s emergency relief operations following the earthquake disaster in Pakistan.
On promotion to Brigadier, he became the Director of Army Aviation (Army Air Corps) and also held the post of Director of Development in the newly formed Joint Helicopter Command. As Director Army Aviation, he was responsible for the career management of, and personnel policies for over 2,500 officers and soldiers. After 30 years of service he moved to be the General Secretary of the Combined and Army Cadet Force Associations in London.
In 2016 he established his own consultancy company. He works for the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) as a Ministry of Defence (MOD) ‘Moderator’ for soldier’s, junior and senior officer’s CMI accredited courses. He is also a Research Associate with the University of Northampton and works on their MOD related projects. In addition, he was awarded his CBE in The New Year’s Honours List 2006. In 2017, he joined HJS Personnel Services and brings with him a wealth of defence operational and personnel management experience.
After flying tours in Germany and Northern Ireland he returned to the Army Staff College at Camberley in 1994. Following a staff tour with the Headquarters of the Allied Command Europe, Rapid Reaction Corps, during which time he deployed to Bosnia for a year with NATO’s Implementation Force, he went back to Germany to command his squadron. Throughout these initial years, he took a very keen interest in soldiers’ careers and their promotion requirements.
On promotion, he became a member of the Directing Staff at the Joint Services Command and Staff College and this was followed rapidly by an exchange tour at the US Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, USA. Following this, he returned to command his Regiment in Dishforth, North Yorkshire, during which time he introduced the Apache attack helicopter into the Field Army. In order to deliver this capability, the Regiment’s manpower grew to some 650 in strength.
On promotion to Colonel, he went to be the Director of the Strategic Direction Centre at the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander Allied Powers Europe during which time he oversaw NATO’s ISAF mission expand across the whole of Afghanistan, established training missions in Iraq and Darfur, handed over NATO’s mission in Bosnia to the European Union, downsized NATO’s forces in Kosovo and supported NATO’s emergency relief operations following the earthquake disaster in Pakistan.
On promotion to Brigadier, he became the Director of Army Aviation (Army Air Corps) and also held the post of Director of Development in the newly formed Joint Helicopter Command. As Director Army Aviation, he was responsible for the career management of, and personnel policies for over 2,500 officers and soldiers. After 30 years of service he moved to be the General Secretary of the Combined and Army Cadet Force Associations in London.
In 2016 he established his own consultancy company. He works for the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) as a Ministry of Defence (MOD) ‘Moderator’ for soldier’s, junior and senior officer’s CMI accredited courses. He is also a Research Associate with the University of Northampton and works on their MOD related projects. In addition, he was awarded his CBE in The New Year’s Honours List 2006. In 2017, he joined HJS Personnel Services and brings with him a wealth of defence operational and personnel management experience.
