HMCS Algonquin Commander, Charles McHardie, RAN

Ron Lloyd, a native of Taber, Alberta, graduated from Royal Roads Military College in 1985 with a BA. After initial naval officer training he navigated HMC Ships IROQUOIS, YUKON, TERRA NOVA, and ANNAPOLIS before joining VENTURE, the Naval Officer Training Centre, as a navigation instructor. In 1993, he attended the Operations Room Officer course and subsequently joined CALGARY as the Combat Officer where he was promoted to LCdr. In CALGARY he participated in OPERATION TRANQUILITY, which consisted of enforcing United Nations sanctions against Iraq in the Arabian Gulf and enforcing a United Nations embargo against the Former Yugoslavia in the Adriatic.

In 1996, he assumed the position of Combat Officer Sea Training Pacific. His next appointment was as the Executive Officer in OTTAWA, which deployed as an integral member of the USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN Carrier Battlegroup on OPERATION MERCATOR, which consisted of another deployment to the Arabian Gulf in support of United Nation’s operations. He then returned ashore to attend the Canadian Forces Command and Staff College in Toronto.

In 2000, he was promoted to Commander and appointed as Commanding Officer of CHARLOTTETOWN in Halifax. In CHARLOTTETOWN he deployed as an integral member of the USS HARRY S. TRUMAN Carrier Battlegroup on OPERATION AUGMENTATION 2001-1, which also deployed to the Arabian Gulf. After a three-month reprieve in Halifax, CHARLOTTETOWN returned to the Arabian Gulf in support of OPERATION APOLLO, Canada’s commitment to the War on Terrorism.

In 2002, he served as the Executive Secretary to the Chief of Maritime Staff and the following year he completed his MA and French language Training. Capt(N) Lloyd was appointed as Commanding Officer ALGONQUIN in September, 2004.