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The Government this morning has accepted the recommendation of the Minister for Defence, Mr. Simon Coveney T.D., to nominate Rear Admiral Mark Mellett for appointment by the President as Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces. He will succeed the current Chief of Staff Lieutenant-General Conor O’Boyle, when Lieutenant-General O’Boyle retires in September this year.
Minister Coveney said “I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Rear Admiral Mellett on his new appointment and I look forward to working closely with him in the future.”
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Rear Admiral (DSM) Mellett was appointed to the position of Deputy Chief of Staff (Support) of the Defence Forces in November, 2013.
Rear Admiral (DSM) Mellett is from Mayo and joined the Navy in 1976. His first Command was the LÉ ORLA in 1992 and he subsequently commanded the LÉ CIARA in 1997 and the Irish Naval Flagship LÉ EITHNE in 2005. Rear Admiral Mellett has held a broad range of appointments in Naval Headquarters and prior to his appointment as Flag Officer in 2010 he was Officer Commanding Naval Operations Command. Rear Admiral Mellett was also Commandant of the Naval College and Associate Head of the National Maritime College of Ireland.
Besides citations for service in Afghanistan (2004) and Lebanon (1989), as Captain of LÉ ORLA (1994) he was honoured by becoming the Navy’s second officer recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) in recognition of the role of his ship in the detention of the drug smuggling yacht ‘Brime’.
Rear Admiral Mellett is a founding member of the Irish Maritime and Energy Resource Cluster (IMERC) and a member of its governing authority.
Rear Admiral Mellett has a PHD (2009) in Political Science from the National University of Ireland Galway.
Rear Admiral Mellett is married to Liz and has four children, Laura, Sean, Lisa and Patrick.
Minister Coveney said “I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Rear Admiral Mellett on his new appointment and I look forward to working closely with him in the future.”
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Note to Editors
Rear Admiral (DSM) Mellett was appointed to the position of Deputy Chief of Staff (Support) of the Defence Forces in November, 2013.
Rear Admiral (DSM) Mellett is from Mayo and joined the Navy in 1976. His first Command was the LÉ ORLA in 1992 and he subsequently commanded the LÉ CIARA in 1997 and the Irish Naval Flagship LÉ EITHNE in 2005. Rear Admiral Mellett has held a broad range of appointments in Naval Headquarters and prior to his appointment as Flag Officer in 2010 he was Officer Commanding Naval Operations Command. Rear Admiral Mellett was also Commandant of the Naval College and Associate Head of the National Maritime College of Ireland.
Besides citations for service in Afghanistan (2004) and Lebanon (1989), as Captain of LÉ ORLA (1994) he was honoured by becoming the Navy’s second officer recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) in recognition of the role of his ship in the detention of the drug smuggling yacht ‘Brime’.
Rear Admiral Mellett is a founding member of the Irish Maritime and Energy Resource Cluster (IMERC) and a member of its governing authority.
Rear Admiral Mellett has a PHD (2009) in Political Science from the National University of Ireland Galway.
Rear Admiral Mellett is married to Liz and has four children, Laura, Sean, Lisa and Patrick.
