Vice-Admiral Vice admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, usually equivalent to lieutenant general and air marshal. A vice admiral is typically senior to a rear admiral and junior to an admiral. Australia In the Royal Australian Navy, the rank of vic ...

Angus Topshee, is a

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officer. He has served as

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since 30 May 2022.

Naval career

Topshee joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 1990 and graduated from the

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in 1994. He was given command of a

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, , in July 2009 and was then deployed to Afghanistan as Director of Afghan National Police Training Operations in 2011. He went on to be Director of Operations for

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in 2012, commander of

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in late 2012 and deputy director of the Strategy, Policy and Plans Directorate at

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in 2015. He became commander of the Canadian Fleet Pacific in July 2018, commander of

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in May 2021 and

in May 2022. Topshee was awarded the

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on 19 December 2013. He was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Military Merit on 12 October 2017, and he was made a Commander on 23 September 2022.

Awards and decorations

Topshee's personal awards and decorations include the following:

CDS Commendation

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