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Vice-Admiral Ronald Douglas Buck CMM, CD is a retired officer of the
Navy League He became Commanding Officer of the destroyer in 1987, Project Manager for the Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel Project in 1989 and Commander Fifth Canadian Destroyer Squadron in 1992. He went on to be Commander Canadian Forces Training System in 1994, Chief of Staff of the Management Command and Control Reengineering Team at thePlain Talk: Should the Support Ship Sink?
Canadian Naval Review, Fall 2008
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. He was Chief of the Maritime Staff from 21 June 2001 to 25 August 2004.
Career
Buck joined theRoyal Canadian Navy
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in 1967.Ron Buck, CMM, CDNavy League He became Commanding Officer of the destroyer in 1987, Project Manager for the Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel Project in 1989 and Commander Fifth Canadian Destroyer Squadron in 1992. He went on to be Commander Canadian Forces Training System in 1994, Chief of Staff of the Management Command and Control Reengineering Team at the
National Defence Headquarters
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in 1995 and Commander Canadian Fleet Pacific in 1997. After that he was appointed Chief of the Maritime Staff in 2001 (during which he took part in Operation Apollo
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– the anti-terrorism initiative – in 2001) and Vice Chief of the Defence Staff in 2004 before retiring in 2006.Canadian Naval Review, Fall 2008
Awards and decorations
Buck's personal awards and decorations include the following:
References
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