Tom Carew was a Brigadier, possibly later promoted to Major General, in the Sierra Leonean army and Chief of Defence Staff of the Government of Sierra Leone from April 2000 to November 2003, at which point Sierra Leone President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah reassigned him to non-military duties. External links Tom Carew on the Contemporary Africa Database Transcript of the speech in which Carew was re-assigned Year of birth missing (living people) Sierra Leonean military personnel Living people Sierra Leone Creole people People from Freetown