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Admiral John Rogers Anderson, (born 9 September 1941) is a retired
Canadian Forces
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officer, former Canadian diplomat and civil servant.
Early life and career
Anderson was born inBritish Columbia
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and attended University of British Columbia
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; he graduated with a BSc
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. He joined the Royal Canadian Navy
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in 1959 and worked his way up the ranks. From 1963 to 1966 he served at HMCS ''Stadacona'' taking the Long Operations Course, the destroyers , and at Royal Roads Military College
Royal Roads Military College (RRMC) was a Canadian military college from 1940 to 1995, located in Hatley Park, Colwood, British Columbia, near Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
The facility now serves as the campus of Royal Roads University, a ...
. He was appointed to the aircraft carrier in 1968. In 1970, he joined the CCS 280 Programming Team as a Programmer at Canadian Forces Headquarters (CFHQ) in Ottawa.
Military career
In 1974, Anderson became executive officer in the destroyer . In 1975, he studied at the Canadian Forces Command and Staff College in Toronto. He became commanding officer of the destroyer in 1978, commanding officer of the Naval Officers' Training Centre atCFB Esquimalt
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in 1980 and commander of the First Canadian Destroyer Squadron in 1982. He went on to become Director Maritime Requirements (Sea) at the National Defence Headquarters
National Defence Headquarters (NDHQ) ( French: ''Quartiers généraux de la Défense nationale'' (''QGDN'')) was created through the integration of Canadian Armed Forces Headquarters (CAF HQ) with the civilian Department of National Defence (DN ...
in 1983, Director General of Maritime Doctrine and Operations in 1986 and Chief of the Canadian Nuclear Submarine Acquisition Project in 1987. After that he became Chief of Maritime Doctrine and Operations in 1989, Commander Maritime Command in 1991, in which role he was appointed to take possession of - the first of a completely new class of frigates, and Vice Chief of the Defence Staff in 1992. His was made Chief of Defence Staff of the Canadian Forces
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in 1993 before retiring at the end of the year. He last appointment was as Canada's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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in Brussels
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, Belgium
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in 1994.
He was made a Commander of the Order of Military Merit in 1989.
Awards and decorations
Anderson's personal awards and decorations include the following:
References
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