William Truelove

Rear-Admiral William Shaun Truelove CMM CD is a retired senior Royal Canadian Navy officer.

William Truelove
Truelove in 2015
Nickname(s)	Bill
Allegiance	Canada
Service / branch	Royal Canadian Navy
Years of service	1981–2018
Rank	Rear-Admiral
Commands	Maritime Forces Pacific Naval Officer Training Centre Venture HMCS Regina
Awards	Commander of the Order of Military Merit[1] Canadian Forces' Decoration

Military service

He joined the Navy in 1981 and obtained a degree at Royal Roads Military College.^[2]

In 1998 he was appointed Executive Officer of HMCS Preserver before being appointed as Commanding Officer of HMCS Regina ^[3] from 2001 to 2003 and the Naval Officer Training Centre until 2004.

He was promoted to Rear-Admiral in May 2012 and took command of Maritime Forces Pacific in June 2012.^[3] In 2015 he was appointed as Commander, Canadian Defence Liaison Council in Washington.^[4] In July 2018, he stepped down as defence attaché at the Embassy of Canada, Washington, D.C., and retired from the Canadian Armed Forces.^[5]

He was invested as an officer of the Order of Military Merit in 2009^[6] and promoted to commander of the order in 2016.^[1]

Awards and decorations

Truelove's personal awards and decorations include the following:

Ribbon	Description	Notes
	Order of Military Merit (CMM)	Appointed Commander (CMM) on 23 October 2015[7] Appointed Officer (OMM) on 02 October 2007[6]
	South-West Asia Service Medal	with AFGHANISTAN Clasp
	General Campaign Star	South West Asia Ribbon 1 Rotation Bars
	Special Service Medal	with NATO-OTAN Clasp
	Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal
	NATO Medal for the former Yugoslavia	with FORMER YUGOSLAVIA clasp
	Canadian Forces' Decoration (CD)	with two Clasp for 32 years of services
	Legion of Merit	1st Decoration awarded on 29 September 2007 2nd Decoration awarded on 27 December 2014[8] Officer level

• He was a qualified Paratrooper and as such wore the Canadian Forces Jump Wings

References

1. "Governor General to Invest 46 Recipients into the Order of Military Merit". The Governor General of Canada. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
2. "Getting to know your Admiral". Royal Canadian Navy. July 23, 2012. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
3. "Lengthy naval career drawing to a close for West Coast navy's admiral". Victoria News. June 5, 2012. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
4. Pugliese, David (July 13, 2015). "Change of command ceremony for Maritime Forces Pacific to be held Tuesday". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
5. Truelove, William (August 15, 2018). "Canada's Outgoing Defence Attaché: U.S. and Canada Still Have Each Other's Back". www.wilsoncenter.org. The Wilson Center. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
6. "Governor General to invest 58 individuals into the Order of Military Merit". The Governor General of Canada. 23 June 2009. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
7. "Order of Military Merit List". The Governor General of Canada.
8. "Canada Gazette". The Governor General of Canada. 27 December 2014.

External links

Media related to William Truelove at Wikimedia Commons

Military offices
Preceded by Nigel Greenwood	Commander, Maritime Forces Pacific June 2012– 14 July 2015	Succeeded by Gilles Couturier