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William Shaun Truelove is a retired senior

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officer.

Military service

He joined the Navy in 1981 and obtained a degree at

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. In 1998 he was appointed Executive Officer of before being appointed as Commanding Officer of from 2001 to 2003 and the Naval Officer Training Centre until 2004. He was promoted to Rear-Admiral in May 2012 and took command of Maritime Forces Pacific in June 2012. In 2015 he was appointed as Commander, Canadian Defence Liaison Council in Washington. In July 2018, he stepped down as

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at the

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, and retired from the

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. He was invested as an officer of the Order of Military Merit in 2009 and promoted to commander of the order in 2016.

Awards and decorations

Truelove's personal awards and decorations include the following:

CAN Order of Military Merit Commander and Officer

South-West Asia Service Medal with Afganistan bar ribbon

* He was a qualified

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and as such wore the Canadian Forces Jump Wings

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