Angus Topshee

Angus Topshee
Angus Topshee
	Angus Topshee in 2024
Allegiance	Canada
Service/branch	Royal Canadian Navy
Years of service	1990–present
Rank	Vice-Admiral
Commands held	Royal Canadian Navy; Maritime Forces Pacific; CFB Halifax; HMCS Algonquin
Battles/wars	War in Afghanistan
Awards	Commander of the Order of Military Merit; Meritorious Service Medal; Canadian Forces' Decoration; Officer of the Legion of Merit (United States)

Naval career

Topshee joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 1990 and graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada in 1994.^[1] He was given command of the destroyer, HMCS Algonquin in July 2009 and was then deployed to Afghanistan as Director of Afghan National Police Training Operations in 2011. He went on to be Director of Operations for Exercise RIMPAC in 2012, commander of CFB Halifax in late 2012 and deputy director of the Strategy, Policy and Plans Directorate at North American Aerospace Defense Command in 2015. After that he became commander of the Canadian Fleet Pacific in July 2018, commander of Maritime Forces Pacific in May 2021 and Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy in May 2022.^[2]^[3]

Topshee was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal on December 19, 2013,^[4] appointed an Officer of the Order of Military Merit on October 12, 2017, and was made a Commander on September 23, 2022.^[5]

Topshee's personal awards and decorations include the following:

Ribbon	Description	Notes
	Order of Military Merit (CMM)	Appointed Commander (CMM) on 12 May 2023^[6]
	Meritorious Service Medal (MSM)	Decoration awarded on 19 December 2013^[7] Military division
	General Campaign Star	South West Asia Ribbon 1 Rotation Bars
	Special Service Medal	with NATO-OTAN Clasp
	Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal
	NATO Medal	with Non Article 5 Clasp
	Canadian Forces' Decoration (CD)	with two Clasp for 32 years of services
	Legion of Merit	Decoration awarded on 29 Jun 2019 ^[8] Officer level

CDS Commendation

^ "Command Team". Lookout Navy News. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
^ "Royal Canadian Navy welcomes new Commander". National Defence. 30 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
^ "New Canadian service chiefs". Australian Naval Institute. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
^ "Meritorious Service Decorations List". The Governor General of Canada. 11 June 2014.
^ "Order of Military Merit List". The Governor General of Canada.
^ "Order of Military Merit List". The Governor General of Canada. 23 May 2023.
^ "Meritorious Service Decorations List". The Governor General of Canada.
^ "Canada Gazette". The Government of Canada. 29 June 2019.