Rear Admiral Rear admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, equivalent to a major general and air vice marshal and above that of a commodore and captain, but below that of a vice admiral. It is regarded as a two star "admiral" rank. It is often regarde ...

Jack Raymond Steer, is a retired

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officer, who served as Chief of Navy from 2012 to 2015.

Career

Born in

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, Steer joined the Navy in 1973. He served as Chief of Staff at Joint Forces Headquarters from January 2003 to April 2004, when he was promoted to

commodore Commodore may refer to: Ranks * Commodore (rank), a naval rank ** Commodore (Royal Navy), in the United Kingdom ** Commodore (United States) ** Commodore (Canada) ** Commodore (Finland) ** Commodore (Germany) or ''Kommodore'' * Air commodore ...

and appointed as Maritime Component Commander. He was appointed Deputy Chief of Navy In January 2006 before taking up the position of

Commander Joint Forces New Zealand The Commander Joint Forces New Zealand (COMJFNZ) is a senior appointment in the New Zealand Defence Force, responsible for the command of Headquarters Joint Forces New Zealand. The COMJFNZ is, in effect, the operational commander of all joint opera ...

in May 2006, with promotion to rear admiral. In February 2008, he was appointed Vice Chief of Defence Force until 2012 when he was appointed Chief of Navy. Steer was appointed a 1996 Queen's Birthday Honours in the

1996 Birthday Honours Queen's Birthday Honours are announced on or around the date of the Queen's Official Birthday in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. The dates vary, both from year to year and from country to country. All are published in supple ...

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