Matt Buckley
Australian naval officer
Vice Admiral Matthew Paul Buckley, (born February 1972) is a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). He joined the RAN through the Australian Defence Force Academy in January 1990 and later qualified as a submariner in 1996. He has commanded HMAS Collins and the Submarine Force, was head of nuclear submarine capability from 2023 to 2025, and served as the deputy chief of Navy from January 2025 until June 2026. He was appointed chief of Navy in July 2026.
Naval career
Buckley joined the Royal Australian Navy in 1990 as a maritime warfare officer, graduating from the Australian Defence Force Academy in 1992. In 1996 he specialised as a submariner at HMAS Stirling, serving on Oberon-class submarines based out of Fleet Base East. In the late 1990s he served as an exchange officer with the Royal Canadian Navy based at the Canadian Forces Base Halifax. In 2001 Buckley was awarded the Admiral Nelson Sword of Excellence. Following completion of the Submarine Command Course in 2006, he commanded the submarine HMAS Collins. In 2008 he was appointed the Commander Sea Training Submarines for 18 months before his appointment as the executive officer of HMAS Watson from July 2010 to September 2012.
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