| Born in 1958, Rob Fulford entered the
Royal Navy at HMS Ganges straight from school in July 1974.
Promoted through the ranks whilst serving in HM Ships BLAKE,
AMBUSCADE, ILLUSTRIOUS and ARK ROYAL he was commissioned
Sub Lieutenant SD(E)(WE) in February 1994, at the Royal Naval
College in Greenwich.
Joining HMS SOUTHAMPTON in 1995 as
the Weapons System Officer subsequently moving up to Deputy
Weapon Engineer Officer he completed Deployments to the Caribbean,
the United States and the Gulf of Arabia. During his time
in SOUTHAMPTON he was awarded the Commander-in-Chief’s
Commendation for Disaster Relief work in Anguilla.
On completion of his tour as DWEO, he joined Pheonix NBCD
School in 1997 at HMS EXCELLENT where he was Officer-in-Charge
of the NBC Practical Training Unit, teaching NBC Defence.
In January 2001 he was appointed to Flag Officer Sea Training
as a WE Seariding Officer, where he was lead Searider in
RFAs and a variety of platforms including Portuguese, Greek,
German, French and Swedish ships.
Appointed to the First Mine Countermeasures Squadron as
Squadron Engineer Officer (SEO) in 2002, he deployed to
the Arabian Gulf embarked in RFA SIR BEDIVERE. As SEO and
the Squadron Executive Officer he was head of the N1, N4
and N9 arms of the MCM Battlestaff, responsible for Executive,
Personnel, Logistics and Engineering functions for 11 ships,
including support for US forces, during the preparation
and operational phases of Op TELIC.
During Op TELIC he was selected for promotion to Lieutenant
Commander and was promoted in October 2003. In September
2004, Rob was appointed as HMS RICHMOND’s Weapon Engineer
Officer, joining during APT(N) deployment to the West Indies,
and assumed responsibility as Senior Naval Officer for HMS
RICHMOND’s Upkeep on 7 April 2005.
Rob lives in Fareham with his wife and the eldest of three
daughters, while the youngest two are both at University.
Outside of the Royal Navy he is an enthusiastic sportsman
and otherwise occupies his time dabbling with computers and
completing domestic renovation projects.
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