In October 1997 he was promoted to vice admiral and Chief of Defence Intelligence . He was responsible for the move of the Intelligence school from Ashford to Chicksands , and provision of intelligence to the Chiefs of Staff on operations in Sierra Leone , East Timor , Operation Desert Fox in Iraq , and the Kosovo War . West was created a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 2000 New Year Honours . He became a full admiral in November 2000 when he took up the post of Commander-in-Chief Fleet , NATO Commander-in-Chief East Atlantic and NATO Commander Allied Naval Forces North . West co-ordinated the naval response to the September 11 attacks in the North Arabian Sea and Afghanistan
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Alan West, Baron West of Spithead