John Rogers Anderson
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Main other Admiral John Rogers Anderson, Template:Post-nominals (born 9 September 1941) is a retired Canadian Forces officer, former Canadian diplomat and civil servant.
Early life and career
Anderson was born in British Columbia and attended the University of British Columbia. After graduating with a BSc in 1959, he joined the Royal Canadian Navy and thereafter gradually progressed through the commissioned officer ranks.
Military career
From 1963 to 1966 he completed the Long Operations Course at HMCS Stadacona, then served in the frigates Template:HMCS and Template:HMCS followed by a staff posting to Royal Roads Military College.
He was appointed to the aircraft carrier Template:HMCS in 1968.
In 1970, he joined the CCS 280 Programming Team as a Programmer at Canadian Forces Headquarters (CFHQ) in Ottawa.[1]
In 1974, Anderson became executive officer in the destroyer Template:HMCS. In 1975, he studied at the Canadian Forces Command and Staff College in Toronto. He became commanding officer of the frigate Template:HMCS in 1978; commanding officer of the Naval Officers' Training Centre at CFB Esquimalt in 1980; and commander of the First Canadian Destroyer Squadron in 1982.[2]
Subsequent appointments included Director Maritime Requirements (Sea) at the National Defence Headquarters in 1983; Director General of Maritime Doctrine and Operations in 1986; and Chief of the Canadian Nuclear Submarine Acquisition Project in 1987.[2] Thereafter he became Chief of Maritime Doctrine and Operations in 1989; Commander Maritime Command in 1991; and Vice Chief of the Defence Staff in 1992.[2]
Promoted to full Admiral in 1993, he briefly served as Chief of Defence Staff of the Canadian Forces before retiring at the end of the year.[1] His last appointment was as Canada's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Brussels, Belgium in 1994.[3]
He was made a Commander of the Order of Military Merit in 1989.
Awards and decorations
Anderson's personal awards and decorations include the following:
File:Order of Military Merit (Canada) ribbon (CMM).jpg
File:Special Service Medal Ribbon.pngFile:CAN 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal ribbon.svgFile:CD-ribbon and 2 bars.png
_ribbon_(CMM).jpg){kind=link}
| Ribbon | Description | Notes |
| File:Order of Military Merit (Canada) ribbon (CMM).jpg | Order of Military Merit (CMM) |
|
| Template:Ribbon devices | Special Service Medal |
|
| Template:Ribbon devices | 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal | 1992 |
| File:CD-ribbon and 2 bars.png | Canadian Forces' Decoration (CD) |
|
References
- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".Template:Dead link
- Pages with script errors
- Pages using infobox military person with both image and medal
- Pages with broken file links
- 1941 births
- Living people
- Vice chiefs of the Defence Staff (Canada)
- Chiefs of the Defence Staff (Canada)
- Canadian admirals
- Diplomats for Canada
- People from Trail, British Columbia
- University of British Columbia alumni
- Permanent representatives of Canada to NATO
- Royal Canadian Navy officers
- Commanders of the Order of Military Merit (Canada)
- Commanders of the Royal Canadian Navy
- Canadian military personnel from British Columbia
- 20th-century Canadian military personnel