Chief Petty Officer of the Navy

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Command Chief Petty Officer of the Royal Canadian Navy
Canadian RCN OR-9c.svg
Rank insignia
Incumbent
CPO1 Pascal Harel
since May 2024
Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy
Type Non-commissioned member
Reports to Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy
Website Official website

Command Chief Petty Officer of the Royal Canadian Navy is the title of the senior non-commissioned member in the Royal Canadian Navy.

The primary role of the Command Chief is to provide the Commander of the Navy with the non-commissioned sailor's perspective, acting on behalf of all sailors in the Navy. [1]

They are also the senior advisor to the Commander RCN on dress, discipline, professional development, administration, morale, training, welfare, conditions of service and the Quality of Life of all military personnel within the Navy. [1]

List of RCN Command Chief Petty Officers

NameTenure
Roy Robertson1968 – 1971
William Doncaster1971 – 1977
Jim Puddifant1977 – 1980
Fred McKee1980 – 1981
Joe Fillion1981 – 1986
Terry Shergold1986 – 1989
Ray Soucie1989
Jim Carroll1989 – 1991
Mark St. George1991
Don (Buster) Brown1991 – 1995
Terry Melloche1995 – 1999
Richard Lupien1999 – 2001
Dave Mollison2001
Serge Joncas2001 – 2004
Kim Davis2004 – 2007
Robert Cléroux2007 – August 2010 [2]
Claude LaurendeauAugust 2010 [2] – July 2012
Tom RiefeselAugust 2012 – August 2016
Michel VigneaultAugust 2016 – May 2019
David SteevesMay 2019 – March 2022 [3]
Tom LizotteMarch 2022 – 2024
Pascal Harel [4] March 2024 – present

References

  1. 1 2 "RCN Leadership". Royal Canadian Navy. 19 April 2013. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Blakeley, Darlene (August 9, 2010). "Departing MCPO always made welfare of sailors a top priority" (PDF). Trident. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
  3. "Royal Canadian Navy welcomes new Commander". 17 June 2019.
  4. |- |Tom Lizotte |March 2022 – present