Postwar Naval Career
De Gaulle was promoted to lieutenant in 1948, and received fleet command 6F in 1952. He was promoted to lieutenant-commander in 1956 and to commander in 1961, commanding the escort Quick Picard (1960-1961). He pursued a military career in the Navy as a naval aviation fighter pilot and was made Naval Aviation commander of the Paris region (1964-1966). Promoted to captain in 1966, he commanded the missile frigate Suffren from 1967 to 1968.
In 1971 he was promoted to counter-admiral (commodore), becoming commander of the naval group of test and measurement ("GROUPEM") (1973-1974) where he hoisted his mark on the building receptacle Henri Poincare. He was then commander of aviation maritime patrol (ALPATMAR) from 1974 to 1975 and was elevated to vice-admiral (rear-admiral) in 1975. From 1976 to 1977 he was Wing Commander of the Atlantic and was promoted to squadron vice-admiral (vice-admiral) in 1977.
Promoted to Admiral in 1980, he finished his military career as Inspector General of the Navy, retiring in 1982.
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