Rank Rear-Admiral | ||
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Awards Order of Military Merit, Canadian Forces Decoration Commands helds Maritime Forces Pacific, HMCS Fredericton | ||
Rear Admiral Joseph Pierre Gilles Couturier CMM CD is a Royal Canadian Navy officer.
He joined the navy in 1983. He served as Commanding officer of HMCS Fredericton from 2005 to 2007. Following this assignment he was posted to Ottawa as an Executive Assistant to the Chief of the Defense Staff. After the tour in Ottawa he was appointed Commander of Maritime Operations Group Four.
He assumed command of Maritime Forces Pacific/Joint Task Force Pacific on 14 July 2015. In January 2016 it was announced that he would be appointed Deputy Commander of the Navy.
He was invested as an officer of the Order of Military Merit in 2012 and promoted to commander of the order in 2017.
60 seconds with rear admiral gilles couturier deputy commander of the royal canadian navy
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