BRITISH ARMY
CHRIS TICKELL
TITLE : LIEUTENANT GENERAL , DEPUTY CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF ( DCGS ) OF THE BRITISH ARMY
LOCATION : UNITED KINGDOM
technology offers us now and in the future ,” admits Lt Gen Tickell . “ At the moment , we are focused on the future – linking the man and the machine .
“ So manned and unmanned teaming , artificial intelligence and machine learning – which will allow us to make decisions faster than our enemy or our adversary . We ' re therefore able to act faster than them as well , which confers an advantage . And when you ' re doing that , and you ' re integrating across the domains – across the land environment , maritime , air , cyber , and space – then that really does start to become a battlewinning idea .”
The changing role of the soldier It is inevitable given technological advancements that some aspects of soldiering will change , and modern warfare in the next
EXECUTIVE BIO
Lieutenant General Chris
Tickell was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1983 . He commanded 9 Parachute Squadron RE and then 23 Engineer Regiment ( Air Assault ) as it deployed to Kuwait / Iraq for the Second Gulf War in January 2003 . He was promoted to Brigadier in 2007 and commanded 8 Force Engineer Brigade for 2 years ; deploying with his Headquarters to Afghanistan for the final 6 months . He was promoted in 2013 and commanded the Army Recruiting and Training Division and was then the Army ’ s Director of Capability . He was promoted to Lieutenant General and became Deputy Chief of the General Staff in August 2019 . He was appointed MBE in 2000 , OBE in 2003 and CBE in 2010 . cybermagazine . com 55