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Stephen Mark Richard Moorhouse, (born 5 February 1973) is a

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officer who currently serves as Director of Force Generation at Navy Command.

Naval career

Moorhouse joined the

on 18 September 1991. After qualifying as an airborne early warning specialist, he became successively commanding officer of the

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, , the offshore patrol vessel, , and the

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, . He went on to command the landing platform helicopter, and then, from September 2018, the

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, . Moorhouse became

Commander United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group The Commander United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group, (COMUKCSG) is a senior British Royal Navy appointment which commands the UK Carrier Strike Group. COMUKCSG, a Commodore, commands a total of 65 personnel, and is headquartered at HMNB Portsmou ...

in December 2019, which role included leading the

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deployment to the Far East and a tour as commander of

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; he then became Director of Force Generation in January 2022. Moorhouse was appointed an

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(OBE) in the

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, and promoted to

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of the same order (CBE) in Operational Honours on 25 November 2022.

References

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