Vice Admiral

Vice Admiral (Royal Navy)

Vice admiral is a flag officer rank of the British Royal Navy. It equates to the NATO rank code OF-8 and is immediately superior to rear admiral and is subordinate to the full admiral rank.The Royal Navy has had vice admirals since at least the 16th century...

 (Charles) Anthony Johnstone-Burt OBE

Order of the British Empire

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 (born 1 February 1958) is a Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 officer who became Flag Officer Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland

Flag Officer Scotland, Northern England, Northern Ireland

The Flag Officer Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland is a senior post in the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. It is based at HM Naval Base Clyde and the holder of the post is the Royal Navy’s senior officer in Scotland with representational duties everywhere north of the M4. The...

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Naval career

Johnstone-Burt joined the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 in 1977 and served in HMS Active

HMS Active (F171)

HMS Active was a of the Royal Navy. Built by Vosper Thornycroft, Southampton, England, she was completed with Exocet launchers in 'B' position, the first of the class to be so fitted....

 during the Falklands War

Falklands War

The Falklands War , also called the Falklands Conflict or Falklands Crisis, was fought in 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the disputed Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands...

 following his promotion to Lieutenant

Lieutenant

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 in January 1982. He qualified as a helicopter pilot in 1983 flying Sea King

Westland Sea King

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s and Lynx helicopter

Westland Lynx

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s. He served as First Lieutenant and Second in Command of HMS Scylla

HMS Scylla (F71)

HMS Scylla was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy . She was built at Devonport Royal Dockyard and was the last RN frigate to be built at the Dockyard so far. Scylla was launched in August 1968 and commissioned in 1970...

 in 1991. He was appointed Commanding Officer of HMS Brave

HMS Brave (F94)

HMS Brave was a Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy. She was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd, Glasgow, Scotland. HMS Brave was decommissioned on 23 March 1999 and was expended as a target in August 2004 by HMS Sceptre and HMS Argyll....

 in 1994, Commanding Officer of HMS Montrose

HMS Montrose (F236)

The second and current HMS Montrose is the eighth of a sixteen ship class of frigates, known as Type 23 or the 'Duke' class, of the Royal Navy. She was laid down in November 1989 by Yarrow Shipbuilders on the Clyde...

 and Captain of the 6th Frigate Squadron in 2000 before becoming Commodore of the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth

Britannia Royal Naval College

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 in 2002 and Captain

Captain (naval)

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 of HMS Ocean

HMS Ocean (L12)

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 in 2004. He went on to be Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the Joint Helicopter Command

Joint Helicopter Command

Joint Helicopter Command is a tri-service organisation uniting military helicopters of the British Armed Forces for command and coordination purposes...

 in 2005, Flag Officer, Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland

Flag Officer Scotland, Northern England, Northern Ireland

The Flag Officer Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland is a senior post in the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. It is based at HM Naval Base Clyde and the holder of the post is the Royal Navy’s senior officer in Scotland with representational duties everywhere north of the M4. The...

 in 2006 and Commander of the Joint Helicopter Command

Joint Helicopter Command

Joint Helicopter Command is a tri-service organisation uniting military helicopters of the British Armed Forces for command and coordination purposes...

 in 2008 before being appinted Director of Counter Narcotics and International Organised Crime at HQ ISAF

International Security Assistance Force

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 in Kabul

Kabul

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, Afghanistan

Afghanistan

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 in 2011. Promoted to Vice Admiral

Vice Admiral

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, he became the Chief of Staff to NATO's Supreme Allied Command Transformation

Allied Command Transformation

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 at Norfolk, Virginia

Norfolk, Virginia

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in November 2011.