From 5 September 1980, while studying at university, Evans was a
second lieutenant (on probation) (University Cadetship). His commission was terminated on 16 October 1981. On 7 August 1982, upon graduation from the
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, he was
commissioned into
the Light Infantry as a second lieutenant. He was promoted to
lieutenant on 7 August 1984, and to
captain on 7 August 1988. Evans passed
Special Forces Selection in 1990. He served as a
troop commander in
22 Special Air Service Regiment. He attended the
Army Command and Staff College and was promoted to
major on 30 September 1994. Evans was promoted to
lieutenant colonel on 30 June 2000 with seniority from that date, and posted to the newly opened
Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre. and to
brigadier on 31 December 2005 with seniority from 30 June 2005. He was then made commander of
19th Light Brigade, which was deployed to Iraq in 2006. The ARRC was deployed to Afghanistan in January 2011 with Evans taking over as chief of staff at
ISAF Joint Command. On 20 April 2012, he was appointed
Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He took over as commander of the
Allied Rapid Reaction Corps in August 2013. Evans handed over his command on 25 July 2016 to Lieutenant General
Tim Radford. Evans retired from the British Army on 1 November 2016. ==Honours and decorations==