Van Orden was commissioned into the intelligence corps in 1964, and became a Brigadier in 1991.
He served world wide in the British Army intelligence. He was chief of staff of the British Army in Berlin (1988-90); Assessment Staff of the Joint Intelligence Committee in London (1990) and retired from the military as Executive Secretary of International Military Staff at the NATO headquarters (1991-1994).
He was elected to the EU as Conservative candidate from UK. But on many issues he was against Britain getting along with Europe.
“I didn’t become an MEP in order to promote the EU,” says his website adding, “Spot the good reasons why the EU should not be meddling in Defence,” the feedback cited.
