Drew Robertson

Vice-Admiral Drew W. Robertson CMM, MSM, CD is a retired officer of the Canadian Forces. He was Chief of the Maritime Staff from 2006 to 2009.

Drew Robertson
VAdm Drew William Robertson
Allegiance	Canada
Service/branch	Canadian Forces
Years of service	1973–2009
Rank	Vice-Admiral
Commands held	HMCS Annapolis HMCS Athabaskan First Canadian Task Group
Battles/wars	War in Afghanistan
Awards	Commander of the Order of Military Merit Meritorious Service Medal Canadian Forces Decoration

Career

Robertson joined the Canadian Forces in 1973.[1] He became commander of the destroyer HMCS Annapolis in 1995 and of the destroyer HMCS Athabaskan in 1999 before commanding the First Canadian Task Group during the Operation Apollo anti-terrorism deployment in 2001.[1] He went on to be Director General of international security policy at National Defence Headquarters in 2003 and Chief of the Maritime Staff in 2006 before retiring in 2009.[2]

Awards and decorations

Robertson's personal awards and decorations include the following:

Ribbon	Description	Notes
	Order of Military Merit (CMM)	Appointed Commander (CMM) on 21 September 2006[3] Appointed Officer (OMM) on 26 October 1999 [3]
	Order of St John	Appointed Member on 15 December 2006[4]
	Meritorious Service Medal (MSM)	Decoration awarded on 23 November 2007[5] Military division
	South-West Asia Service Medal	with AFGHANISTAN Clasp
	Special Service Medal	with NATO-OTAN Clasp
	Canadian Forces Decoration (CD)	with two Clasp for 32 years of service

References

1. Vice-Admiral Drew Robertson assumed command today Archived April 2, 2015, at the Wayback Machine Blue Crowd, 17 January 2006
2. VAdm Robertson named Chief of the Maritime Staff Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine Trident, January 23, 2006
3. "Order of Military Merit List". The Governor General of Canada.
4. "Canada Gazette, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem List" (PDF). Canada Gazette.
5. "Meritorious Service Decorations List". The Governor General of Canada.