Ep. 424 - Major-General Chip Chapman

My Time Capsule

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🗓️ 5 September 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Major-General Chapman joined the British Army in September 1980. He joined 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) and fought in the Falklands campaign, including the Battle of Goose Green. He stayed with 2 PARA until May 1985 which included his first Northern Ireland tour. In 1994 he returned to 2 PARA as a company commander for an 18 month operational tour in Belfast, prior to becoming 2IC 1 PARA and was promoted to Lt Col in March 1996. In July 1998 he became SO1 Operations in NI, and went on to command 2 PARA from August 1999-December 2001. His tour as CO included a NI reinforcement tour and the weapons collection mission (OP BESSEMER) in Macedonia. He was promoted to Colonel in December 2001 and appointed Colonel Military Operations 2 in the MoD (dealing with Counter Terrorism). As a Brigadier, he commanded 19 Mech Bde from 2003-2005, prior to becoming the last COS in NI (his fifth NI tour). He was Head of Counter Terrorism and UK Operations in the MoD from 2007-2010. In 2010, he became the Senior British Military Advisor to US Central Command. His post military career has involved writing a successful book, Notes From A Small Military .

Major-General Chip Chapman is guest number 424 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he'd like to put in a time capsule; four he’d like to preserve and one he’d like to bury and never have to think about again .

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to my time capsule.
0:17.6	My name's Mike Fenton-Stevens.
0:20.0	My time capsule is the podcast where people tell me five things from their life that they wish they had in a time capsule. They can pick anything they want, but they must choose four things that they cherish and one thing that they'd like to bury and forget. My very special guest in this episode is Major General Chapman.
0:42.5	Now, Major General Chapman, or Chip, as he's usually known, although actually he's usually called Sir, joined 2nd Battalion, the Parachute Regiment, better known as 2-Para, in 1980,
0:48.9	where he fought in the Forklunds campaign, including the Battle of Goose Green.
0:53.8	He stayed with 2- Parra until May 1985,
0:56.6	which included his first Northern Ireland tour. He then became an instructor on the platoon
1:01.3	commanders division before returning to Two Parra as adjutant. He served on exchange with the
1:06.6	Canadian Airborne Regiment prior to attending UK Staff College at Camberley. On graduation, he
1:12.1	became chief of staff to the 5th Airborne Brigade, and then in 1994 returned to 2-Para as a
1:18.8	company commander for an 18-month operational tour in Belfast, prior to becoming second-in-command
1:24.8	1st Para. Yes, it's quite impressive so far, isn't it? Anyway,
1:28.6	it continues. He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in March 1996 and served on the directing staff
1:34.8	of both the British Army Staff College and the UK Joint Services Command. In July 1998,
1:41.6	he became staff officer first class of operations in Northern Ireland and went on to command
1:47.0	to Parra from August 1999. He was promoted to Colonel in December 2001 and worked in the Ministry
1:54.5	of Defence dealing with counter-terrorism. As a brigadier, he commanded the 19th Merchandise Brigade
2:00.6	prior to becoming the last chief of staff in Northern Ireland, his fifth, North Carolina. As a brigadier, he commanded the 19th Merchandise Brigade,
2:03.9	prior to becoming the last chief of staff in Northern Ireland,
2:05.8	his fifth Northern Ireland tour.
2:12.1	He was head of counter-terrorism and UK operations in the Ministry of Defence from 2007 to 2010.
2:18.3	His final tour was a senior advisor to US Central Command in Florida. He since worked as an advisor and lecturer all over the world and written the book, Notes from a Small Military, about his time in the Army, which goes into a bit more detail than I've been able to do here.
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