Historical Command

The command of the Force rests with the Chief of Defence Staff who is appointed by The Governor-General and is ultimately of the rank of Major General or Rear Admiral.

Past Chiefs of Staff            
     
Brigadier P.E.Crook CBE DSO1962-65   Brigadier D.H.Smith CVO OBE ED JP 1965-73   Brigadier D.F.Robinson OBE ED JP 1973   Major General R.G.Green CD JP 1973-79
             
     
Major General R.J.Neish CD AFC JP 1979-90   Rear Admiral P.L.Brady CD CVO MMM JP 1990-1998   Major General J I Simmonds CD, CVO 1998-2002   Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin, CD, ADC, MBA, JP, psc (n) 2002-2007
             
Past Chiefs of Defence Staff            
         
Major General Stewart Emerson St Leonard Saunders, CD, ADC, JP, MSc, psc 2007 – 2010   Major General A B ANDERSON, CD, ADC, JP, MDA, BEng (Hons), psc 2010 – 2016        
             
Current Chief of Defence Staff            
           
Major R R MEADE, OD, ADC, JP, PhD, MMAS, MA, BA (Hons), psc 2017 – Present