Original sentence: General Sir John Nicholas Reynolds Houghton KCB, CBE is the current Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff  based at the Ministry of Defence, London.He was awarded a KCB in the 2008 Queens birthday Honours list.More recently General Houghton was Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff, G3 (Operations & Deployment) in HQ Land Command 1994 - 1997 and attended the Higher Command and Staff Course in 1997
Edited sentence: General Sir John Nicholas Reynolds Houghton KCB, CBE is a senior officer in the British Army, currently serving as Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff based at the Ministry of Defence, London.He was awarded a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 2008 Queens birthday Honours list.More recently General Houghton was Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff, G3 (Operations & Deployment) in HQ Land Command 1994–1997 and attended the Higher Command and Staff Course in 1997