Jonathan Swift

Major General Jonathan Swift, is a senior British Army officer. He served as General Officer Commanding, Regional Command from July 2022 to August 2023; and currently serves as the Assistant Chief of the General Staff.

Military career

Swift was commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers in 1995. He became commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers in 2011, in which capacity he was deployed to Afghanistan on Operation Herrick 18 as commander of Transition Support Unit Nahr-e-Saraj. On 6 July 2022, he was appointed General Officer Commanding, Regional Command, which is the Army head quarter for the UK, Nepal and Brunei, and promoted to major general. During his visit to BFB Tuker Lines in May 2023, he planted plants, spoke to spouses, and officially launched the BFB Community Library.

Swift became Director of Programmes at Army Headquarters in August 2023 and Assistant Chief of the General Staff in September 2025.

Swift was Honorary Colonel of the Manchester and Salford Universities Officers' Training Corps until November 2023, when his tenure expired.

Awards and honours Swift was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services in Afghanistan in March 2014.