As a brigadier , Dutton served at the Ministry of Defence as Director , NATO policy , a senior staff post , prior to attending the Royal College of Defence Studies . He was pulled off the course before completion and seconded to The Pentagon in Washington , DC to act as liaison between the British Chief of the Defence Staff and the American Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the United States
terrorist attacks
September 11 attacks
James Dutton (Royal Marines officer)