Commander
Maritime Forces Atlantic/Joint Task Force Atlantic
RAdm Maddison enrolled in 1975, graduated from Collège Militaire Royal de St-Jean in 1980, and proceeded to sea. His extensive sea-time has been equally divided between Canada’s Atlantic and Pacific fleets. He earned his bridge watch-keeping certificate on the west coast in HMCS TERRA NOVA (1982) and specialized in above-water warfare before broadening his experience as Combat Officer onboard HMCS SKEENA in Halifax (1988). Subsequent sea-going appointments included Staff Anti-Submarine Warfare Officer to NATO’s Commander Standing Naval Forces Atlantic (1990), Staff Weapons Officer to Commander Canadian Task Group 302.3 deployed to the Persian Gulf in 1991, Combat Officer Sea Training Atlantic (1992), Executive Officer HMCS WINNIPEG (1994), and Executive Officer Sea Training Pacific (1996).
RAdm Maddison’s sea-going commands include the Pacific Fleet’s HMCS CALGARY 1997-1999, and the Atlantic Fleet’s HMCS IROQUOIS 2002-2004. His time in IROQUOIS was marked by a deployment in 2003 as flagship to Commander Task Force 151, charged with prosecuting the international campaign against terrorism in the Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf. In 2006, he led the experimental Standing Contingency Force to sea, and conducted a joint and integrated tactical effects exercise aimed at exploring potential new littoral maneuver capabilities for the Canadian Forces.
RAdm Maddison’s appointments ashore include Aide-de-camp to the Governor General (1985), command of a joint and combined Space Control Center crew in Colorado Springs USA (2000), Director General Maritime Force Development (2005), and Assistant Chief Military Personnel (2007).
A graduate of the Canadian Forces Command and Staff Course (1993), and the Advanced Military Studies Course (2004), RAdm Maddison was appointed Commander Joint Task Force Atlantic and Commander Maritime Forces Atlantic in May 2008.