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[[File:RMA F-4-02.png|30px]] '''[[GEN]] [[Sir]] John Neitz, [[KSK]], [[KDR]], [[DSO]], First Duke of Westmarch''' is an officer in the [[Royal Manticoran Army]]. | |||
==Biographical Summary== | |||
[[File:Westmarch_arms.webp|200px|left]] | |||
[[General]] [[Sir]] John Neitz, [[Duke]] of [[Westmarch]], transferred to the Royal Manticoran Army 5 October 2023 after 12 years service in the [[Royal Manticoran Navy]]. He currently serves as [[Adjutant General|Adjutant-General]] in the RMA and as '''Manticore King of Arms''' in the [[ College of Arms|Royal Manticoran College of Arms]]. His home chapter is The [[Westmarch Rifles]]. | |||
===Education=== | |||
The Duke of Westmarch graduated from the Royal Manticoran Naval Academy at [[Saganami Island Naval Academy| Saganami Island]], as well as the Naval War College, and is a summa cum laude member of the [[Ellen D'Orville Society|Ellen D'Orville Honor Society]]. He received a doctoral degree in Interstellar Affairs from [[BuTrain:SKUS_Landing_University#Queen's_College|Queen's College]], [[BuTrain:SKUS Landing University|Landing University]]. | |||
===RMN Service=== | |||
He assumed command of the Royal Manticoran Navy’s [[Second Fleet|Second (Gryphon) Fleet]] on 22 May 2015 and served as [[Commanding Officer]] until 1 June 2019. | |||
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His previous commands include {{hms|Merlin|CA-270}}, aboard which he served as the founding captain of Second Fleet’s first operational ship, and then {{hms|Invincible|BC-416}}. He then commanded Cruiser Division 211, Battlecruiser Squadron 21, [[Battle Squadron 1|1st Battle Squadron]], and [[Task Force 21]], before being appointed Commanding Officer of Second Fleet. | |||
His planetside duty assignments have included Joint Forces Special Projects for [[BuComm]], Naval Attaché to the Manticoran College of Heralds, Director of [[BuShips]]’ Office of Shipbuilding Support, and [[BuNine]] staff member. | |||
===Honors and Awards=== | |||
[[File:Duke of Westmarch.jpg|250px|right|The Duke of Westmarch at Worldcon 2022]] | |||
He was made a Knight of the [[Most Honorable Order of King Roger]] in 2012, and elevated to the title of Lord Westmarch in the peerage of the Star Kingdom in 2013. He has been awarded the [[Manticore Cross]] and the [[Distinguished Service Order]], as well as various other gallantry, service, campaign, and unit awards. In 2012 he was appointed honorary Weapons Officer of ''[[HMS Unconquered]]'', the RMN’s oldest commissioned warship, and in 2018 served as honorary Commanding Officer of ''Unconquered.'' In 2019 he was invested as a Knight Companion of the [[Most Noble Order of the Star Kingdom]]. In 2020 he was created Duke of Westmarch. | |||
The Duke is the [[RMA:SoldiersGuide:SpecialPrograms#Colonel_of_the_Regiment|Colonel of the Regiment]] of the [[Westmarch Rifles]] and has been made an honorary member of the [[Monarch's Own|Monarch's Own Regiment]] for his services to the [[Royal Manticoran Army]]. | |||
[https://medusa.trmn.org/api/ribbonrack/RMN-0117-11 Ribbon Rack image for GEN Westmarch] | |||
==See Also== | |||
[[Orders:Admiralty Order 1305-01]]: Creation of the Westmarch peerage | |||
[[Orders:Joint Chiefs Directive 2411-01]]: Promotion to the rank of General. | |||
For the [[canon]] character Captain John Neitz of the Beowulf System Defense Force, see [https://honorverse.fandom.com/wiki/John_Neitz this entry] in the Honorverse wikia. | |||
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