Anthony Palmer (general)

Anthony Palmer (general)

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caption= Lieutenant-General Anthony Palmer
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allegiance= flagicon|United Kingdom United Kingdom
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rank= General
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current position= Retired
commands=Deputy Chief of Defence Staff
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Anthony Palmer CBE is a retired British Lieutenant-General and was Deputy Chief of Defence Staff responsible for personnel in the British Army. [citation|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/3241133.stm|publisher=BBC|author=Jeremy Paxman|date=Tuesday, 4 November, 2003|title=Army bullying allegations] He retired in 2005 and is now Chairman of the [http://thepakistansociety.org.uk/ Pakistan Society] . [citation|url=http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/apcity/unpan023562.htm|title=Partnership with Private Sector Vital to Eliminate Poverty|date=06/17/2006|publisher=Business Recorder]

Initiatives

He organised a summer adventure camp for black youths in conjunction with the Commission for Racial Equality. [citation|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2007/aug/20/ukcrime.race|title=Black army officers recruited to help stop gang violence|publisher=The Guardian|date=Monday August 20 2007 |author=Hugh Muir]

He introduced "gender-fair" training for women in the army after it was found that a policy of equal treatment resulted in a high level of injuries for female recruits. [citation|title=Women pay painful price for equal military training|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article434024.ece|date=March 22, 2005
publisher=The Times|author=Michael Evans]

He launched "Project Compass" to help ex-service homeless find employment. [citation|title=Launch of project to help ex-service homeless find employment|publisher=UK Government|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-21665939_ITM|date=17 June 2004]

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