sentences:  He served as a medical officer and during the Gulf War in 1991, where he was mentioned in despatches.He was Surgeon-General of the British Armed Forces from 2006 until December 2009.He was appointed as an Officer of the Order of St John in 2007 and became an Honorary Member of the Society of Medical Consultants to the Armed Forces (of the USA) in 2009 and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 2010.