David Eastman (British Army officer)


David James Eastman MBE is a senior British Army officer. Since February 2020, he has been General Officer Commanding Regional Command.

Military career

Eastman was commissioned into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in 1989. He became commanding officer of 2 Close Support Battalion REME. After that he became commander of 102nd Logistic Brigade in September 2015 and Head of Military International Policy and Planning at the Ministry of Defence in May 2017. He will become General Officer Commanding Regional Command in February 2020. Eastman was also titled as 'Commander Standing Joint Command ' in an MOD news release. Eastman was promoted the substantive rank of Major-General on 14 February 2020.
He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services during the first UK deployment to Helmand Province, in December 2006.