Biography
In 2013, after his retirement (in 2007) from the navy he was appointed as Assistant Commissioner (Western Region) of the Canadian Coast Guard.
He also teaches in the Royal Roads University Human Security and Peacebuilding program.
He undertook the Canadian Coast Guard Inquiry into the tragic sinking of the l’Acadien II, a sealing vessel home ported in the Magdalene Islands.
Military Service
He was enrolled in Naval Reserve as Boatswain.
He served in HMCS Carleton. (CFR) He was enrolled in Canadian Forces (Regular Force) OCTP 1974.
He was appointed as an Officer Cadet 1974.
He served in Canadian Forces Base Chilliwack for Canadian Forces Officer Candidate School 1974.
He served in Canadian Forces Fleet School Esquimalt Officer Trainig Division for training 1974.
He served in HMCS Mackenzie for training.
He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant.
He served in HMCS Miramichi as Navigating Officer 1976. HMCS Ottawa for watchkeeping duties 1977.
He served in HMCS Ottawa as Navigating Officer 1978.
He was appointed as a Lieutenant (N) (With seniority dated 01/01/1979).
He served in HMCS Qu’Appelle as Navigating Officer 1979.
He served in Venture (Naval Officers Training Centre) as Navigation Instructor.
He served in Canadian Forces Fleet School Halifax for Combat Control Officer’s Course 1983.
He served in HMCS Algonquin as Weapons Officer 1984.
He served in HMCS Chaleur (In command) 1985.
He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander (With seniority dated 01/01/1986).
He served in HMCS Miramichi (In command) 1986.
He served in MARCOM Detachment Argentia as Officer Commanding 1987.
He served in Canadian Forces Fleet School Halifax 1989.
He served in HMCS Athabaskan as Executive Officer 1990.
He was appointed as a Commander (With seniority dated 01/01/1991).
He served in US Naval Command College Newport RI 1991.
He served in MARCOM HQ as Senior Staff Officer Personnel, Plans and Policies 1992.
He served in HMCS Iroquois (In command) 1994.
He was appointed as a Captain (N) (With seniority dated 01/01/1996).
He served in NAVRESHQ as Deputy Commander 1996.
He served in MARLANT HQ as Assistant Chief of Staff Plans and Operations 1998.
He was appointed as Commander Maritime Operations Group Four 1999.
He was appointed as Joint Task Force Commander Operation TOUCAN 2000.
He was appointed as a Commodore (With seniority dated 2001).
He served in Royal Roads University for Master’s programme 2001.
He served in NDHQ as Director General Maritime Personnel and Readiness 2002.
He was appointed as Canadian Task Group Commander Operation APOLLO 2003.
He was appointed as Commander Canadian Fleet Pacific 2003.
He was appointed as a Rear-Admiral (With seniority dated 2005).
He was appointed as Commander Maritime Forces Pacific 2005. (He was retired 17/09/2007.)
Anecdotes
In September 1998 he assisted in the coordination of the complex efforts of Operation Persistence, the Canadian Forces element of the SWISSAIR 111 salvage and recovery).
He served as Commander of Task Force 151 (leading a multi-national fleet of ships in the Gulf of Oman).
In 1999 he served as Commanding Officer Maritime Operations Group Four (Esquimalt BC) and deployed to East Timor as Canadian Joint Task Force Commander Operation Toucan.
References
- Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON
- www.forces.gc.ca ↗
- Canada's Admirals and Commodores (3rd ed.) (2016)
