Vice Admiral Paul Martin Bennett, is a former senior Royal Navy officer.

Naval career

Educated at

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, Bennett joined the Royal Navy in 1985. He trained as a navigator before being given command the minehunter in 1998, the

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in 1999 and the destroyer in 2008. He became

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in May 2009, Commodore Naval Personnel Strategy in January 2011 and Director of the Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre in February 2013. After that he became Chief of Staff at Joint Forces Command in September 2013 and Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Capability) and Controller of the Navy in May 2016. He was made Commander United Kingdom Maritime Forces in November 2017, which was followed by appointment as Chief of Staff of NATO Allied Command Transformation in July 2018. He was succeeded by Vice Admiral Guy Robinson in September 2021, and subsequently retired in February 2022. Bennett was appointed an

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in the

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, and a

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in the

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References

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