Sir James Benjamin " Jim " Dutton , ( born 21 February 1954 ) is a retired Royal Marines officer and former Governor of Gibraltar . He held various staff positions in his early career , before commanding 40 Commando . As a brigadier , he held two high-level staff posts — the first at the Ministry of Defence in London , as Director of NATO policy , and the second as a British liaison to The Pentagon shortly after the September 11 attacks , where he was involved in the planning for the subsequent invasion of Afghanistan . A newspaper later pinpointed this as the moment when Dutton 's career " took off "
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
James Dutton (Royal Marines officer)