Chief Petty Officer of the Navy

Royal Canadian Navy Command Chief Petty Officer
Royal Canadian Navy Command Chief Petty Officer
	Rank Insignia
	Incumbent; Pascal Harel; since May 2024
	Royal Canadian Navy
Type	Non-commissioned Member
Reports to	Commander Royal Canadian Navy

The Command Chief Petty Officer is 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

Name	Tenure
Roy Robertson	1968 – 1971
William Doncaster	1971 – 1977
Jim Puddifant	1977 – 1980
Fred McKee	1980 – 1981
Joe Fillion	1981 – 1986
Terry Shergold	1986 – 1989
Ray Soucie	1989
Jim Carroll	1989 – 1991
Mark St. George	1991
Don (Buster) Brown	1991 – 1995
Terry Melloche	1995 – 1999
Richard Lupien	1999 – 2001
Dave Mollison	2001
Serge Joncas	2001 – 2004
Kim Davis	2004 – 2007
Robert Cléroux	2007 – August 2010^[2]
Claude Laurendeau	August 2010^[2] – July 2012
Tom Riefesel	August 2012 – August 2016
Michel Vigneault	August 2016 – May 2019
David Steeves	May 2019 – March 2022^[3]
Tom Lizotte	March 2022 – 2024
Pascal Harel^[4]	March 2024 – present

References

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

[RCN-1] "RCN Leadership". Royal Canadian Navy. 19 April 2013. Retrieved November 4, 2015.

[Trident-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

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