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Senior Naval Staff

Senior Naval Staff

Serving Flag and General Officers

This area gives you information on all the senior officers currently serving in the Royal Navy and Royal Marines.

First Sea Lord

First Sea Lord: Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope GCB OBE ADC

Cincfleet

Commander in Chief Fleet: Admiral George Zambellas DSC

Second Sea Lord

Second Sea Lord: Vice Admiral Charles Montgomery CBE ADC

Navy Command

Deputy Commander-In-Chief Naval Home Command

Vice Admiral P A Jones CB

Commander Operation

Rear Admiral I F Corder

Chief of Staff Capability

Rear Admiral P D Hudson CBE

Chief of Staff (Aviation)

Rear Admiral T A Cunningham

Chief of Staff (Personnel) / Naval Secretary

Rear Admiral D G Steel CBE

Commander of the United Kingdom Maritime Force
(COMUKMARFOR)

Rear Admiral D L Potts

Flag Officer Sea Training

Rear Admiral C C C Johnstone CBE

Flag Officer Scotland, Northern England & Northern Ireland
and Flag Officer Reserve Forces

Rear Admiral C J Hockley

Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff

Rear Admiral M J Parr

Commander UK Amphibious Forces

Major General E G M Davis OBE RM

Defence Reform (Maritime) Implementation Team Leader

Rear Admiral T P Fraser

Director General Naval Chaplaincy Service &
Chaplain of the Fleet

Rev S J Brown QHC

Ministry of Defence/Centre Appointments

Surgeon General

Surgeon Vice Admiral P I Raffaelli QHP

Chief of Defence Intelligence

Vice Admiral A D Richards

Climate & Energy Security Envoy

Rear Admiral N Morisetti CB

Director (Precision Attack &
Controller of the Navy on the Navy Board)

Rear Admiral A M Hussain CB

Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Intelligence Capability)

Major General J H Thomas CB DSO RM

Operations Director, Military Aviation Authority

Rear Admiral S B Charlier

Head of the British Defence Staff (Washington) & Defence Attaché

Major General F H R Howes OBE RM

Deputy Chief Executive UK Hydrographic Office

Rear Admiral N R Lambert

Director Training & Education

Rear Admiral A R Rymer

Senior Directing Staff (Naval), Royal College of Defence Studies

Major General S T Chicken OBE RM

Assistant Chief of Defence Staff
(Nuclear & Chemical, Biological)

Rear Admiral J H J Gower OBE

Permanent Joint Headquarters Appointments

Chief of Joint Operations

Lieutenant General D A Capewell OBE RM

Chief of Staff (Operations), PJHQ

Major General G K Messenger DSO OBE RM

Defence Equipment & Support Appointments

Chief of Materiel (Fleet)
(and Chief of Fleet Support on the Navy Board)

Vice Admiral A D H Mathews CB

Director Submarines

Rear Admiral S R Lister OBE

Chief of Strategic Systems Executive

Rear Admiral S J Lloyd

NATO, EU and International Appointments

Chief of Staff Supreme Allied Commander
(Transformation)

Vice Admiral C A Johnstone-Burt OBE

Deputy Chief of Staff, Force Readiness
Supreme HQ Allied Powers Europe, NATO

Major General A Salmon CMG OBE RM

Deputy Director EU Military Staff

Rear Admiral B N B Williams CBE

Chief of Staff Maritime Component Command Naples, NATO

Rear Admiral J S Westbrook MBE

Deputy Commander Striking Force NATO

Rear Admiral R G Harding OBE

Director Force Reintegration, HQ International Security &
Assistance Force, Afghanistan

Major General D A Hook CBE RM