Rear-Admiral Rear admiral is a flag officer rank used by English-speaking navies. In most European navies, the equivalent rank is called counter admiral. Rear admiral is usually immediately senior to commodore and immediately below vice admiral. It is ...

Joseph Pierre Gilles Couturier is a Royal Canadian Navy officer. He joined the navy in 1983. He served as Commanding officer of from 2005 to 2007. Following this assignment, he was posted to Ottawa as an executive assistant to the Chief of the Defence 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. In 2018, he joined Levio Consulting, a Canadian IT and Business consulting firm as its Chief Operating Officer (COO). In 2020 he joined Federal Fleet Services as Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Awards and decorations

Couturier's personal awards and decorations include the following:

CAN Order of Military Merit Commander and Officer

Canadian Chief of the Defence Staff Commendation

CDS Commendation
Canadian Command Commendation

Command Commendation

References

Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Commanders of the Order of Military Merit (Canada) Canadian admirals Royal Canadian Navy officers Military personnel from Ottawa {{Canada-mil-bio-stub