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]

Military offices
Preceded by Bruce MacLean	Chief of the Maritime Staff 2006-2009	Succeeded by Dean McFadden

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 Ron Lloyd

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