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Profile of Rear Admiral Nuno, Acting Chief of Defence Staff
Accra, Jan. 28, Ghanadot/GNA
- Rear Admiral Nuno, Chief of Naval Staff, who has been named as
the Acting Chief of Defence Staff on Monday was commissioned
into the Ghana Navy, Executive Branch on November 14, 1970.
Rear Admiral Nuno's military training and qualifications include
an Anti-Submarine Warfare Course in the United Kingdom from
February to May 1974, Long Torpedo Anti-Submarine Course in
India between September 1977 and May 1978, and the Ghana Armed
Forces Command and Staff College, Senior Division, between
September 1984 and August 1985.
Between February and May 1996, he attended the Amphibious
Planning International Officers Course at the Naval Amphibious
School in San Diego in the United States of America (USA), and
the Navy Senior International Defence Management Course at the
Naval Post-Graduate School in Monterey, California also in the
USA between June and July 2002.
Aside being a Watch-Keeping Officer and Aide-Camp to the Chief
of the Defence Staff between 1970 and 1976, he also served as
the Executive Officer on board Ghana Navy Ships (GNS) Komenda,
Dzata and Achimota.
He was Commanding Officer of GNS Yogaga in July 1987 and
September 1990 and between August and September 1990, as the
Commanding Officer of GNS Yogaga, his ship served with the
ECOWAS Ceasefire Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) in Liberia.
Rear Admiral Nuno was Commanding Officer of Ghana
Navy Flagship GNS Achimota between September 1990 and June 1992
where he served as the Acting Senior Officer Afloat.
He was General Staff Officer Grade One (Naval Operations) at the
General Headquarters from June 1992 and December 2000 and became
the Naval Officer-In-Charge of the Naval Base in Tema after
acting for a period.
He was Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) the Eastern Naval Command
from December 2000 to March 2003. He served as the Director
General Logistics at the General Headquarters between March 2003
and May 2005.
He served as a Military Observer in Yugoslavia for the United
Nations Protective Force (UNPROFOR) between April 1993 and April
1994.
He has been decorated with state Honours of Officer of the Order
of the Volta and Distinguished Service Order.
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