Jez C Hair | ParaData

1985
RMPTC (Private)
1986
Parachute Section 160 Provo Company RMP Para Provost, 160 Pro Coy RMP (Corporal)
1988
114 Provost Coy RMP (Corporal)
1991
175 Provost Coy RMP (Corporal)
1992
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) (Officer Cadet)
1993
24 Armoured Field Ambulance RAMC (Lieutenant)
1994
23 Parachute Field Ambulance RAMC 23 Para Field Amb (Captain)
1997
HQ LAND (Captain)
1999
16 CS Medical Regiment RAMC 16 CS Med Regt (Major)
2001
16 Air Assault Brigade HQ 16 Air Asslt Bde (Major)
2003
22 Field Hospital RAMC (Major)
2006
HQ 4 Div (Lieutenant-Colonel)
2007
HQ Land Forces (Lieutenant-Colonel)
2008
16 CS Medical Regiment RAMC 16 Med Regt (Lieutenant-Colonel)
2012
(Colonel)

Operations

Afghanistan (Operation Fingal)

After 11 September, and much political and military indecision, 2 PARA and supporting elements from 16 Air Assault Brigade started to deploy to Afghanistan on 30 December on Op FINGAL, as part of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).

Event

Afghanistan (Operation Herrick VIII)

2 PARA operated as Battle Group North operating from five Forward Operating Bases (FOBs) in the Upper Sangin Valley. These were situated in the area of the ‘Green Zone’ fertile farmland stretching one kilometre either side of the Helmand River.

Event

Afghanistan (Operation Herrick XIII)

To mark the change, which signified the start of Operation HERRICK 13, a 'friendship feast' was held at the headquarters of the Helmand Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Lashkar Gah, which was attended by Afghan and British dignitaries.

Event

Iraq (Operation Telic)

This was the first time the brigade had deployed complete on an operation since its inception in September 1999.

Event

Macedonia (Operation Bessemer)

HQ 16 Air Asslt Bde became HQ Task Force Harvest with a multinational force of 15 nations under command. Their mission was to deploy to collect and dispose of NLA weapons and ammunition in order to restore stability in the FYROM.

Event

Northern Ireland (Operation Banner)

A brief honeymoon as peace keepers between two warring communities locked in civil unrest descended into a virtual civil war between Republican IRA and Protestant para-military groups during the Northern Ireland ‘Troubles’ that were to last 37 years.

Event

Rwanda (Operation Gabriel)

On 30 July, after only 5 days preparation in Aldershot, the advance elements of the contingent, under the command of CO 5 Airborne Brigade Logistic Battalion arrived at Kigali airport on the outskirts of the capital.

Decorations

2001

NATO Medal with Former Macedonia Clasp
GSM

1991

General Service Medal (GSM) 1962
OSMA

2002
Iraq Medal

2003
1994

UNAMIR (United Nations Assistance Mission For Rwanda)
LSGCM

2000

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Colonel Jez C Hair

Service History

Operations

Afghanistan (Operation Fingal)

Afghanistan (Operation Herrick VIII)

Afghanistan (Operation Herrick XIII)

Iraq (Operation Telic)

Macedonia (Operation Bessemer)

Northern Ireland (Operation Banner)

Rwanda (Operation Gabriel)

Decorations

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Colonel Jez C Hair

Service History

Operations

Afghanistan (Operation Fingal)

Afghanistan (Operation Herrick VIII)

Afghanistan (Operation Herrick XIII)

Iraq (Operation Telic)

Macedonia (Operation Bessemer)

Northern Ireland (Operation Banner)

Rwanda (Operation Gabriel)

Decorations

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