Angus Topshee
Angus Topshee | |
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| File:VAdm Angus Topshee (France 2024).jpg Topshee in 2024 | |
| Born | 31 May 1971[1] |
| Allegiance | Canada |
| Branch | Royal Canadian Navy[a] |
| Service years | 1990–present |
| Rank | Vice-Admiral |
| Commands | Royal Canadian Navy Maritime Forces Pacific CFB Halifax HMCS Algonquin |
| Conflicts | War in Afghanistan |
| Awards | Commander of the Order of Military Merit Meritorious Service Medal Canadian Forces' Decoration Officer of the Legion of Merit (United States) |
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Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee, CMM, MSM, CD is a Royal Canadian Navy officer. He has served as Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy since 30 May 2022.
Naval career
[edit | edit source]Topshee joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 1990 and graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada in 1994. He was given command of a destroyer, HMCS Algonquin, in July 2009 and was then deployed to Afghanistan as Director of Afghan National Police Training Operations in 2011.[1][2]
He went on to be Director of Operations for Exercise RIMPAC in 2012, commander of CFB Halifax in late 2012 and deputy director of the Strategy, Policy and Plans Directorate at North American Aerospace Defense Command in 2015. He became commander of the Canadian Fleet Pacific in July 2018, commander of Maritime Forces Pacific in May 2021 and Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy in May 2022.[3][4]
Topshee was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal on 19 December 2013.[5] He was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Military Merit on 12 October 2017, and he was made a Commander on 23 September 2022.[6]
Awards and decorations
[edit | edit source]Topshee's personal awards and decorations include the following:
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File:General Campaign Star Ribbon.pngFile:Maple leaf -- Independent.svgFile:Special Service Medal Ribbon.pngFile:CPSM Ribbon.png
File:NATO Medal ribbon (Article 5).svgFile:CAN Canadian Forces Decoration ribbon with two bars.svgFile:Us legion of merit officer rib.png
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| Ribbon | Description | Notes |
| width=80 | Order of Military Merit (CMM) | |
| File:CAN Meritorious Service Medal (military division) BAR.svg | Meritorious Service Medal (MSM) |
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| File:General Campaign Star Ribbon.pngFile:Maple leaf -- Independent.svg | General Campaign Star |
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| File:Special Service Medal Ribbon.png | Special Service Medal |
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| File:CPSM Ribbon.png | Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal | |
| File:NATO Medal ribbon (Article 5).svg | NATO Medal |
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| File:CAN Canadian Forces Decoration ribbon with two bars.svg | Canadian Forces' Decoration (CD) |
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| File:Us legion of merit officer rib.png | Legion of Merit |
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File:Canadian Chief of the Defence Staff Commendation.jpg CDS Commendation (21 October 2013)
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ Known as Canadian Forces Maritime Command until 2011
References
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