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Commander Operations (Royal Navy)
The Commander Operations (COMOPS) is a senior Royal Navy officer based at Northwood Headquarters who exercises operational command of all national maritime operations on behalf of the Fleet Commander. The post was established in 1993. Commander Operations previously held the additional posts of Commander Task Force (CTF) 311 (UK attack submarines) and CTF 345 (UK nuclear missile submarines). In 2015, Rear Admiral John Weale was appointed Rear Admiral Submarines/Assistant Chief of Naval Staff Submarines, while Rear Admiral Robert Tarrant was made Commander Operations (Royal Navy), separating the two posts. Post-holders Post-holders have included: *1993-1996 Rear-Admiral Roger Lane-Nott *1996-1998 Rear-Admiral James Perowne *1998-2002 Rear-Admiral Robert Stevens *2002-2004 Rear-Admiral Niall Kilgour *2004-2006 Rear-Admiral Paul Lambert *2006-2009 Rear-Admiral David Cooke *2009-2011 Rear-Admiral Mark Anderson *2011-2013 Rear-Admiral Ian Corder *2013-2015 Rear-Admiral Matt Parr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against France. The modern Royal Navy traces its origins to the early 16th century; the oldest of the UK's armed services, it is consequently known as the Senior Service. From the middle decades of the 17th century, and through the 18th century, the Royal Navy vied with the Dutch Navy and later with the French Navy for maritime supremacy. From the mid 18th century, it was the world's most powerful navy until the Second World War. The Royal Navy played a key part in establishing and defending the British Empire, and four Imperial fortress colonies and a string of imperial bases and coaling stations secured the Royal Navy's ability to assert naval superiority globally. Owing to this historical prominence, it is common, even among non-Britons, to ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Lambert (Royal Navy Officer)
Vice Admiral Sir Paul Lambert, (born 17 November 1954) is a former Royal Navy officer who served as Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Equipment Capability) from 2009 to 2012. Naval career Educated at Kettering Grammar School and City University London, Lambert joined the Royal Navy in 1974.The Link Order of St John, December 2012 He was appointed Commanding Officer of the frigate in 1996. Promoted to rear admiral, he was appointed Commander Operations and Rear Admiral, Submarines in 2004. He went on to be Capability Manager ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3 Commando Brigade
3 Commando Brigade (3 Cdo Bde), previously called the 3rd Special Service Brigade, is a commando formation of the British Armed Forces. It is composed of the Royal Marine Commandos, alongside commando qualified sailors, soldiers and airmen from the British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force. The brigade was formed on 14 February 1942, during the Second World War, with a mixture of Army Commando and Royal Marine Commando units, and was deployed to the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II to conduct operations against the invading forces of Imperial Japan, such as the Burma Campaign. After the Second World War, the Army Commandos were disbanded and the brigade became a Royal Marine formation. Recently, 3 Commando Brigade has again become a mixed formation with the addition of commando qualified soldiers from the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers to provide support for the Royal Marine Commandos. Since the end of the Second World War, it has been involved in a number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Ahlgren
Rear Admiral Edward Graham Ahlgren, (born 5 August 1971) is a senior Royal Navy officer who has served as Commander Operations since April 2022. He was educated at Rossall School and King's College London (MA Defence Studies, 2011). Naval career Educated at Rossall School, Ahlgren joined the Royal Navy on 1 January 1992. He commanded the submarines and , before becoming operations officer for the Fleet Battle Staff. After a tour on counter-terrorism duties in Bahrain, he became Defence attaché at the British Embassy in Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the Capital city, capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, List of .... He then became deputy commander of Combined Maritime Forces in February 2021 and Commander Operations in April 2022. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2011 Birt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Asquith
Rear Admiral Simon Phillip Asquith, (born 7 March 1972) is a senior Royal Navy officer who has served as Director of Submarines since April 2022. Early life Asquith was educated at the University of Plymouth (BA Maritime Studies) and King's College London (MA Defence Studies, 2012). Naval career Asquith joined the Royal Navy in September 1990, and went on to become commanding officer of the submarine in 2008. After that he became commanding officer of the frigate in September 2015, Assistant Director Higher Command and Staff Course in January 2016, and Deputy Commander of UK Maritime Component Command in the Middle East in May 2017. He then became Chief of Staff, Standing Joint Force in April 2018 and, after being promoted to rear admiral on 14 October 2019, he became Commander Operations in November 2019. Asquith was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2012 New Year Honours 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the onl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Halton
Rear Admiral Paul Vincent Halton, is a retired senior Royal Navy officer who served as Commander Operations from October 2017 to November 2019. Naval career Halton joined the Royal Navy in September 1987, and went on to serve as commanding officer of the submarine . He was promoted to captain on 11 January 2010. After becoming Flag Officer Sea Training Director (North), he was deployed as Deputy Director of operations in Afghanistan in 2012. He was posted as in a senior staff officer role at the Ministry of Defence in June 2013 and then became Commodore, Devonport Flotilla in March 2015. He was appointed Commander Operations from October 2017. On 17 September 2019, a Jane's report said that Rear Admiral Halton was to hand over the appointment of Commander Operations and to take up the post of Rear Admiral Submarines Commodore Submarine Service is a post in the Royal Navy which involves command of the Royal Navy Submarine Service. It evolved from the post of Inspecting C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Tarrant
Rear Admiral Robert Kenneth Tarrant, (born 1961) is a retired Royal Navy officer who served as Commander Operations from 2015 to 2017. Naval career Educated at Cheltenham College, Tarrant joined the Royal Navy in 1979 and saw action in the destroyer during the Falklands War in 1982.Chain of Command EU Naval Force He was promoted to on 30 June 1997, and given command of the . After promotion to on 30 June 2004, he took co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Parr
Rear Admiral Matthew John Parr, (born 20 August 1962) is a retired Royal Navy officer who has served as Commander Operations and Rear Admiral, Submarines and is currently an Inspector of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services. Early life and education Parr was born on 20 August 1962 in Coventry, England. He studied geography at Hatfield College, Durham, graduating with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in 1983. Naval career Parr joined the Royal Navy in 1984.Gibraltar's New CBF – CDRE M J Parr Vox, 29 April 2007 He completed the in 1993 and then became Executive Officer of the |
Ian Corder
Vice Admiral Sir Ian Fergus Corder, (born 6 August 1960) is a retired senior Royal Navy officer who served as UK Military Representative to NATO, and was the Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey from 2016 to 2021. Naval career Educated at Rugby School and Peterhouse, Cambridge, Corder joined the Royal Navy in 1978. He commanded the submarine , then the submarine and finally the frigate . He went on to become Naval Assistant to the First Sea Lord, Deputy Director of the unit at the Ministry of Defence responsible for policy regarding NATO, the European Union and the United Nations and then Chief of the Strategic Systems Executive. After that he became Director of Naval Personnel Strategy and then Deputy Commander Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO before becoming Commander Operations and Rear Admiral, Submarines in March 2011 and in that capacity he was the UK's Maritime Commander for operations over Libya (Operation Ellamy) in Spring 2011. He attended the wedding of Prince Wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Anderson (Royal Navy Officer)
Rear Admiral Mark Anderson, is a former Royal Navy officer who served as Commander Operations and Rear Admiral, Submarines. Naval career Educated at the University of Manchester, Anderson joined the Royal Navy in 1974 and was appointed commanding officer of the submarine in 1993. He became Military Assistant to the Chief of Defence Logistics in May 2000, Commanding Officer of the frigate in August 2002 and Director Equipment Capability (Underwater Effects) in March 2003 before moving on to become the Chief of the Defence Staff's Liaison Officer to the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee in July 2007, and Commander Operations and Rear Admiral, Submarines in January 2009. He retired from the Royal Navy in March 2011. In retirement An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Cooke (Royal Navy Officer)
Rear Admiral David John Cooke, (15 August 1955 – 1 December 2014) was a Royal Navy officer who served in submarines and later played an important part in defence procurement. He rose to flag rank and was put in charge of all of Britain's naval assets and made chief of the submarine service. Naval career Cooke joined the Royal Navy in 1973 and, after specialising in submarines, became commanding officer of the submarine in 1986, of the submarine in 1992 and of the frigate in 2000. He went on to be Director of Equipment Planning at the Ministry of Defence in 2001, Deputy Commander Strike Force at NATO Headquarters in Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ... in July 2004 and Commander Operations and Rear Admiral, Submarines in September 2006, before retiring in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
