Nicholas Caplin
{{Short description|British Army general}}
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Major General Nicholas John Caplin, {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|CB|CBE}} (born 4 December 1958) is a retired British Army officer who commanded United Kingdom Support Command (Germany) from 2009 to 2012.
Military career
Educated at Poole Grammar School and the University of Surrey (BSc Economics),'CAPLIN, Maj. Gen. Nicholas John', Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016 Caplin was commissioned into the Army Air Corps, joining 661 Squadron AAC in 1980.[http://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/20100104-hawkeyeWeb-U.pdf Biography: N J Caplin] Hawkeye, January 2010 As a junior officer he served in Northern Ireland.
Promoted to lieutenant colonel, Caplin became a member of the directing staff at the Staff College, Camberley, in 1995 and commanding officer of 3 Regiment Army Air Corps at Wattisham in 1997, at which time his regiment was involved in operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He became deputy commander and chief of staff of the Joint Helicopter Force (Northern Ireland) in January 2000, Commandant of the School of Army Aviation in Middle Wallop in 2001 and, following promotion to brigadier, he became deputy commander and chief of staff of the Joint Helicopter Command in January 2003. He went on to be commander of Collective Training Group in January 2006, Kosovo Protection Corps co-ordinator in March 2008 and General Officer Commanding United Kingdom Support Command (Germany) in August 2009.[http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf Army Commands] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705211343/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf |date=5 July 2015 }} He became chief army instructor at the Royal College of Defence Studies in October 2012.
In July 2014, it was announced that Caplin had been appointed chief executive of Blind Veterans UK, the charity for blind and vision-impaired ex-Service men and women, with effect from October 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/nick-caplin-appointed-chief-executive-blind-veterans-uk/management/article/1305424|title=Nick Caplin appointed chief executive at Blind Veterans UK|date=4 August 2014|publisher=Third Sector|accessdate=22 August 2014}} He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2023 Birthday Honours for services to veterans and the vision impaired.{{London Gazette|issue=64082|supp=y|page=B9|date=17 June 2023}}
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Category:Alumni of the University of Surrey
Category:British Army Air Corps officers
Category:British Army major generals
Category:Academics of the Royal College of Defence Studies
Category:Academics of the Staff College, Camberley
Category:20th-century British Army personnel
Category:21st-century British Army personnel
Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath
Category:People educated at Poole Grammar School
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