Craig Baines

Vice-Admiral Craig Alan Baines is a Royal Canadian Navy officer and Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy.
Personal.
Baines hails from Saskatchewan and before his military career was a national judo medallist and graduated from the University of Manitoba.
Military career.
He was appointed Commander Canadian Fleet Atlantic in July 2014 before being promoted to Commander Maritime Forces Atlantic in 2017.
He joined the 1987 and completed the Forces Regular Officer Training Program. He served as navigation officer on a number of ships before completing an operations course. In 2004 he served as executive officer of , and in 2007 he was appointed commanding officer of the "Halifax"-class frigate .
In 2010 he served as the base commander of Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt. This was followed by a stint as special advisor to the Chief of Defence Staff, after which he became fleet commander of Canadian Fleet Atlantic.
He became Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy on January 12, 2021.
Honours and decorations.
Baines's personal awards and decorations included the following:
 Command Commendation