16 APRIL/MAY 2024 www.vanguardcanada.com
V
ice-Admiral Bob Auchterlonie, Commander Canadian Joint Operations
Command (CJOC), entered the Canadian Armed Forces in 1987. He
completed his Naval Warfare Officer training in 1992. Vice-Admiral
Auchterlonie has previously served four tours within National Defence
Headquarters in Ottawa. Promoted to his current rank in April 2021,
this is his second posting to CJOC.
Vice-Admiral Auchterlonie is a graduate of the Canadian Forces Command and Staff
College (2004), the Naval Command College at the US Naval War College (2010)
and has completed a Master's Degree in Defence Studies (MDS) at the Royal Military
College of Canada (2004). He is also a graduate of the Senior Executives in National
and International Security program at Harvard University (2016). He was invested as
an Officer of the Order of Military Merit in 2013 and promoted within the Order to
the Rank of Commander in 2020.
I N T E R V I E W
SHAPING THE
FUTURE OF
DEFENCE:
KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THE JOINT
OPERATIONS SYMPOSIUM
B Y T E R R I PAV E L I C
AN INTERVIEW WITH
VAdm Bob Auchterlonie
