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|name= Robert Cooling |image= 090714-F-VO322-001 Vice Adm. Robert G. Cooling addresses guests and staff members during a change of responsibility ceremony July 14, 2009.jpg |caption= Vice Admiral Robert Cooling |nickname= |birth_date= {{birth date and age|1957|07|11|df=yes}} |death_date= |birth_place= |death_place= |allegiance= {{flag|United Kingdom}} |branch= {{navy|United Kingdom}} |serviceyears=1979–2011 |rank= Vice Admiral |unit= |commands= {{HMS|Illustrious|R06|6}} 6th Frigate Squadron {{HMS|Montrose|F236|6}} {{HMS|Battleaxe|F89|6}} {{HMS|Sandpiper||6}} |battles= |awards= Companion of the Order of the Bath |laterwork= }} Vice Admiral Robert George Cooling {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CB}} (born 11 July 1957) is a former Royal Navy officer who served as Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff. Naval careerEducated at Keele University, Cooling joined the Royal Navy in 1978.[1] He went on to command the patrol craft {{HMS|Sandpiper||6}} and then the frigate {{HMS|Battleaxe|F89|6}}.[1] He became Commanding Officer of the frigate {{HMS|Montrose|F236|6}} as well as Captain of the 6th Frigate Squadron in 1998 and Director of Naval Staff Duties at the Ministry of Defence in 2002.[2] He went on to be Commanding Officer of the aircraft carrier {{HMS|Illustrious|R06|6}} in 2004,[3] Deputy Commander of Strike Force (South) in 2006 and Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff in February 2008.[2] Promoted to vice admiral, he became the chief of staff to NATO's Supreme Allied Command Transformation at Norfolk, Virginia in July 2009 before retiring in November 2011.[4] Cooling was appointed a Board Member of the Strategy and Integration Advisory Board of Quindell Portfolio plc in March 2012.[5] References1. ^1 Sustaining Programs for Defense Cooperation: Doing More with Less {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef|before=Alan Massey}}{{s-ttl|title=Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff|years=2008–2009}}{{s-aft|after=Sir Philip Jones}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Cooling, Robert}}2. ^1 Senior Royal Navy appointments {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315105247/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Senior%20Royal%20Navy%20Appointments%201900-.pdf |date=15 March 2012 }} 3. ^Captains commanding Royal Navy Warships {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714184102/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/ROYAL%20NAVY%20WARSHIPS.pdf |date=14 July 2015 }} 4. ^ACT bids farewell to Vice Admiral Cooling at Chief of Staff change over NATO, 1 November 2011 5. ^Appointment of the Final Founding Members of the Strategy and Integration Advisory Board 5 : 1957 births|Living people|Royal Navy admirals|Companions of the Order of the Bath|Alumni of Keele University |
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