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officer based at

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who exercises operational command of all national maritime operations on behalf of the

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. The post was established in 1993. Commander Operations previously held the additional posts of Commander Task Force (CTF) 311 (UK attack submarines) and CTF 345 (UK nuclear missile submarines). In 2015, Rear Admiral John Weale was appointed Rear Admiral Submarines/Assistant Chief of Naval Staff Submarines, while Rear Admiral Robert Tarrant was made Commander Operations (Royal Navy), separating the two posts.

Post-holders

Post-holders have included: *1993-1996 Rear-Admiral Roger Lane-Nott *1996-1998 Rear-Admiral James Perowne *1998-2002 Rear-Admiral Robert Stevens *2002-2004 Rear-Admiral Niall Kilgour *2004-2006 Rear-Admiral

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*2006-2009 Rear-Admiral David Cooke *2009-2011 Rear-Admiral Mark Anderson *2011-2013 Rear-Admiral Ian Corder *2013-2015 Rear-Admiral

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*2015-2017 Rear-Admiral Robert Tarrant *2017-2019 Rear-Admiral Paul Halton *2019-2022 Rear-Admiral Simon Asquith *2022-present Rear-Admiral Edward Ahlgren

Subordinate formations 2016-2017

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, Commodore Craig Wood, Commander, Surface Flotilla, in post April 2020 *

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References

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