 Kunyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Achidzokera ku3rd Division, Dannatt akaronga miitiro miviri paBritish Army Training Unit Suffield muCanada. Yokutanga yakanga iri, panguva iyoyo, kurovedza kukuru kwakanga kwaitwa neHondo kubvira pakapera Hondo Yemashoko; yechipiri yakaitika chete pashure pokunge nguva yaDannatt semutungamiriri yapera. Dannatt akapa uchapupu sechapupu chine unyanzvi pakutongwa kwaRadislav Krstić maererano neSrebrenica massacre, achangobva kuendeswa kuBosnia, kwaakashanda semutevedzeri wemukuru weNATOs Stabilization Force muna 2000. Rwendo rwake, rwaiva rwakafanorongwa kupedza gore rose rwakapfupikiswa apo Sir Michael Willcocks akaenda pamudyandigere kubva kuHondo kuti ave Black Rod. Kuchinja kwevashandi kwakakonzerwa nekuzadza nzvimbo yakasununguka kwaireva kuti Dannatt akagadzwa seMutevedzeri Mukuru weGeneral Staff ACGS muna Kubvumbi 2001. Muna September 2001, akanga ari kushanyira mauto eBritain muCyprus uye akatarisa mhedzisiro yekurwiswa kwaSeptember 11 paterevhizheni. Sezvo ACGS, akanga peripherally zvinobatanidzwa pakuronga nokuda Army kuti gare kubatanidzwa muAfghanistan uye gare gare Iraq, uyewo akamira nokuda Chief of General Staff ipapo Michael Walker apo Walker akanga asina kuwanikwa. Dannatt akatsiviwa saACGS naDavid Richards, uyo waakanga apa kutungamira kwe4th Armoured Brigade muna 1996 uye uyo akazotora nzvimbo yaDannatt seMutungamiriri weGeneral Staff. 