Education
King"s College London.
King"s College London.
Educated at King"s College London (Bachelor History, 1988. Master of Arts Defence Studies, 1999) and Cranfield University (Master of Arts, 1998), Skeates was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1989. He served in the Gulf War and in the Bosnian War, took part in the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and then served as Military Assistant to the General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland in the final years of Operation Banner.
He became Commander of 19th Light Brigade in December 2009, Deputy Commander of I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) in 2011 and Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in August 2013.
He was appointed as Standing Joint Force Commander on 24 June 2015.