Derek Christian

Derek John Christian
Derek John Christian; MMM LOM
Allegiance	South Africa
Service/branch	South African Navy
Years of service	1975 - date
Rank	Rear Admiral
Commands held	Deputy Chief Joint Operations Division; South African Military Academy;
Awards	Military Merit Medal (MMM); Legion of Merit (LOM) (USA);

Rear Admiral Derek Christian MMM LOM[1] is a South African Navy officer, currently serving as Deputy Chief of Joint Operations Division (Special Forces) as from 1 April 2016. He is the former Director of Naval Logistics.

Military career

After completing school at Grey High School in Port Elizabeth he joined the Navy in 1975. He completed a BMil degree at the Military Academy and then joined the Strike Craft flotilla before volunteering for submarines in 1980.[1]

He attended the US Naval War College from 1996 to 1997.[2] After returning to South Africa he was appointed as the Naval Attache in Washington.

He became the 17th Commandant of the South African Military Academy in 2006[3] and was promoted to Rear Admiral (Junior Grade) from May 2006.[4] In April 2009 he was posted to Naval Headquarters and assumed the post of Director Naval Logistics in 2011.[5]

He was appointed Deputy Chief of Joint Operations in April 2016 and appointed acting Chief of Joint Operations in October 2016.[6] He is due to retire on 28 February 2017.[7]

Christian (left) in 2001

Honours and awards

He completed an MBA at the University of Cape Town as well as an MA in International Relations from Salve Regina University.[1] His medals include the Military Merit Medal and the Legion of Merit from the United States[1] as well as the Tamandare Medal of Merit[6]

List

Military Merit Medal (MMM)
Legion of Merit (LOM) (USA)

References

"Statement and CV of Derek Christian" (PDF). The Arms Procurement commission. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-11-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
"People". Die Burger. April 15, 2006. Archived from the original on November 12, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
http://www.dod.mil.za/news/news2009/june/pages28.pdf
"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-11-12. Retrieved 2014-11-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Helfrich, Kim (October 20, 2016). "Two star admiral is acting Joint Ops Chief". Defenceweb. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
Helfrich, Kim (2016). "New JOps deputy chief named, but no word on a new Chief" (published December 2, 2016).

Military offices
Preceded by Duma Mdutyana	Acting CJ Ops 2016-2017	Succeeded by Barney Hlatswayo
Preceded by Mbulelo Phako	Deputy CJ Ops 2016-2017	Succeeded by Eddie Drost
Preceded by Tawana Manyama	Commandant of the Military Academy 2006-2009	Succeeded by Lindile Yam

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[CV-1] "Statement and CV of Derek Christian" (PDF). The Arms Procurement commission. Retrieved July 24, 2014.

[2] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-11-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[Burger-3] "People". Die Burger. April 15, 2006. Archived from the original on November 12, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.

[4] ttp://www.dod.mil.za/news/news2009/june/pages28.pdf

[5] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-11-12. Retrieved 2014-11-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[DWeb201016-6] Helfrich, Kim (October 20, 2016). "Two star admiral is acting Joint Ops Chief". Defenceweb. Retrieved October 21, 2016.

[2017Prom-7] Helfrich, Kim (2016). "New JOps deputy chief named, but no word on a new Chief" (published December 2, 2016).