Vice Admiral Charles Rodney Style, (born 15 January 1954) is a former
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 F ...
officer who served as
Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies from 2008 to 2012.
Naval career
Educated at the
University of Cambridge
, mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts.
Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge.
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, Style joined the
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 F ...
in 1974.
He commanded the
frigate
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The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and ...
s and and the
aircraft carrier
An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft. Typically, it is the capital ship of a fleet, as it allows a ...
.
He was appointed Equipment Capability Manager for Precision Attack in 2002,
Commander United Kingdom Maritime Forces
Commander United Kingdom Strike Force (COMUKSTRKFOR or CSF) and Rear Admiral Surface Ships (RASS) is a senior post in the Royal Navy.
The post is the highest seagoing command in the Royal Navy. Its role is to direct UK, Allied or Coalition mar ...
in 2004 and
Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Commitments) in 2006.
In 2007 he had to deal with the detention of fifteen Royal Navy personnel by
Iranian Revolutionary Guard
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC; fa, سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی, Sepāh-e Pāsdārān-e Enghelāb-e Eslāmi, lit=Army of Guardians of the Islamic Revolution also Sepāh or Pasdaran for short) is a branch o ...
s.
UK reveals Iran dispute evidence
BBC News, 28 March 2007 He became Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies in 2008.
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1954 births
Alumni of the University of Cambridge
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Living people
Royal Navy vice admirals
Royal Navy personnel of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
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