Drew Robertson

Drew Robertson
Vice-Admiral Drew Robertson
Allegiance	Canada
Service/branch	Canadian Forces
Years of service	1973-2009
Rank	Vice-Admiral
Commands held	HMCS Annapolis HMCS Athabaskan First Canadian Task Group
Battles/wars	War in Afghanistan
Awards	Commander of the Order of Military Merit Meritorious Service Medal Canadian Forces Decoration

Vice-Admiral Drew W. Robertson CMM, MSM, CD is a retired officer of the Canadian Forces. He was Chief of the Maritime Staff from 2006 to 2009.

Career

Robertson joined the Canadian Forces in 1973.^[1] He became commander of the destroyer HMCS Annapolis in 1995 and of the destroyer HMCS Athabaskan in 1999 before commanding the First Canadian Task Group during the Operation Apollo anti-terrorism deployment in 2001.^[1] He went on to be Director General of international security policy at National Defence Headquarters in 2003 and Chief of the Maritime Staff in 2006 before retiring in 2009.^[2]

References

v t e Commanders of the Royal Canadian Navy Directors of the Naval Service Charles Kingsmill Walter Hose Chiefs of the Naval Staff Walter Hose Percy Nelles George Jones Howard Reid Harold Grant Rollo Mainguy Harry DeWolf Herbert Rayner Commanders, Maritime Command William Landymore John O'Brien Henry Porter Robert Timbrell Douglas Boyle Andrew Collier John Allan Andrew Fulton James Wood Charles Thomas Robert George John Anderson Peter Cairns Larry Murray Lynn Mason Chiefs of the Maritime Staff Gary Garnett Greg Maddison Ronald Buck Bruce MacLean Drew Robertson Dean McFadden Commanders of the Royal Canadian Navy Paul Maddison Mark Norman