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Rowan Moffitt


Rowan Moffitt
29 September 1955 (1955-09-29) (age 52) - Present
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Rear Admiral Rowan Moffitt, RAN
Allegiance Flag of Australia Commonwealth of Australia
Service/branch Royal Australian Navy
Years of service 1975-Present
Rank Rear Admiral
Commands held HMAS Brisbane, HMAS Newcastle
Awards Member Of The Order Of Australia

Rear Admiral Rowan Carlisle Moffitt, AM, (b. 29 September 1955) is the current Australian Deputy Chief of Joint Operations, at Headquarters Joint Operations Command. He has held this position since July 2005.

[edit] Service career

Born and schooled in Sydney, Moffitt graduated from the Royal Australian Naval College, Jervis Bay, at the end of 1975. After Seaman Officer training and several postings at sea and ashore as a junior officer, he undertook specialist surface warfare and navigation training in England and Australia in the mid-eighties.

This was followed by postings as the Navigator in the guided missile destroyers HMAS Brisbane and HMAS Hobart and as the Staff Navigator to the patrol boat and mine warfare force commander.

As a Commander, he served as Executive Officer and briefly Commanding Officer of the destroyer HMAS Brisbane, on the staff of Headquarters Australian Defence Force and undertook the Joint Services Staff Course, before commissioning the new frigate HMAS Newcastle as Commanding Officer in mid 1993. He was then head of the Warfare Faculty at the RAN Surface Warfare School until promotion to Captain at the end of 1995.

As a Captain he had a lengthy tour as the Fleet Operations Officer, a year of study for a Masters in Business Administration at Monash University's Mt Eliza Business School and a second period in command of HMAS Brisbane.

He was promoted to Commodore at the end of 1999 and served as the Director General Navy Capability Management in Navy Headquarters, then as Commandant of the Australian Defence Force Warfare Centre at RAAF Base Williamtown.

Promoted to Rear Admiral in mid-2002, he was the Deputy Chief of Navy for two years then Maritime Commander Australia, commanding the Royal Australian Navy fleet before taking up his current post as Deputy Commander of Joint Operations.

[edit] Honours and awards

Moffitt was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the Queens Birthday Honours List in 2004 for "exceptional service to the Royal Australian Navy and the Australian Defence Force as the Director General Navy Capability Performance and Plans, Commandant of the Australian Defence Force Warfare Centre and as Deputy Chief of Navy."[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "It's an Honour", 14 June 2004. Retrieved on 2007-11-03. 
Persondata
NAME Moffitt, Rowan Carlisle
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Australian Deputy Chief of Joint Operations
DATE OF BIRTH 29 September 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Sydney
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH