Art McDonald | |
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Allegiance | Canada |
Service/branch | Royal Canadian Navy |
Rank | Rear-Admiral |
Commands held | |
Awards |
Meritorious Service Medal Canadian Forces Decoration |
Rear-Admiral Arthur Gerard McDonald MSM CD is an officer in the Royal Canadian Navy. In January 2016 it was announced that he would be appointed Commander of Maritime Forces Pacific.
Captain McDonald served as the Maritime Component Commander of Canadian Joint Task Force Haiti in 2010. He received a Meritorious Service Medal in recognition for his coordination of the disaster relief activities of HMCS Halifax and HMCS Athabaskan. He served as commanding officer of HMCS Halifax from 2007 to 2009 before taking command of Fifth Maritime Operations Group in December 2009.
In February 2014 he was appointed Director General Maritime Forces Development.