Chris Watson

Lieutenant Commander Chris Watson transferred to the RAN from the Royal Navy. A Principal Warfare Officer and ex–Cold War diplomat in the USSR and Poland, he has been XO of HMS IRON DUKE, First Lieutenant of the amphibious helicopter carrier HMS OCEAN and COMGIBMED’s J2 during the First Gulf War. He has contributed to IO policy, planning and operations for the US, UK, NATO, WEU and the ADF ranging in diversity from the Global War on Terror, West Africa, the Balkans, Iraq, East Timor, the Solomon Islands and the NATO IO Working Group in Brussels. A graduate in Political Theory and Institutions, he was awarded a Meritorious Service Medal for his work in IO with USEUCOM. He is now serving on exchange with the Royal Malaysian Navy as part of the Malaysia–Australia Joint Defence Program.