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{{Short description|British Army general}}
{{about||the former U.S presidential candidate and New Mexico governor|Gary Johnson|other people|Gary Johnson (disambiguation)}}
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[[General (United Kingdom)|General]] '''Sir Garry Dene Johnson''' [[Order of the Bath|KCB]] [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] [[Military Cross|MC]] (born 20 September 1937) was [[Commander-in-Chief]] of [[Allied Forces Northern Europe]].

==Military career==
Garry Johnson was [[Officer (armed forces)|commissioned]] into the [[10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles]] in 1956.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=40851|supp=y|page=4583|date=7 August 1956}}</ref> He served in [[Malaysia]] during the [[Malaysian Emergency]].<ref name=malay>[http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/7/20/nation/14895071&s Malaysia honours British veterans] The Star, 20 July 2006</ref> In 1981 he was made [[Commander]] of [[11th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)|11th Armoured Brigade]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rgjassociation.info/ib/history/div_and_brig.html |title=Royal Green Jackets Association |access-date=28 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303182742/http://www.rgjassociation.info/ib/history/div_and_brig.html |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1985 he was selected to be Assistant Chief of Defence Staff.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=50013|page=871|date=21 January 1985}}</ref> He moved on to be [[Commander British Forces in Hong Kong|Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong]] in 1987<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=51061|supp=y|page=11451|date=14 September 1987}}</ref> before being appointed Commander for Training and Arms Directors in 1989.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=51890|supp=y|page=11310|date=2 October 1989}}</ref>

In 1992 he became [[Commander-in-Chief]] [[Allied Forces Northern Europe]]<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=52891|supp=y|page=6631|date=13 April 1992}}</ref> and retired in 1994.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=53835|supp=y|page=15267|date=31 October 1994}}</ref>

He was Regimental Colonel of the [[10th Gurkha Rifles|10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles]] from 1985 to 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/gurkha/10GR.htm|title=10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles|publisher=regiments.org|accessdate=13 February 2017|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060110002814/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/gurkha/10GR.htm|archivedate=10 January 2006}}</ref>

Johnson has been awarded the [[Pingat Jasa Malaysia]] Medal by the King and Government of [[Malaysia]], the [[Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana]] of [[Estonia]] and, in 1999, the [[Order of the Three Stars]] 3rd Class of [[Latvia]].<ref name=malay/><ref>{{Cite web|last=vestnesis.lv|date=1999-11-10|title=Par apbalvošanu ar Triju Zvaigžņu ordeni un ordeņa Goda zīmi - Latvijas Vēstnesis|trans-title=Of the awarding of the Order of the Three Stars and the Medal of Honor of the Order|url=https://www.vestnesis.lv/|url-status=live|access-date=2020-12-01|website=[[Latvijas Vēstnesis]]|language=lv}}</ref>

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