1. Rick Burr graduated from Duntroon in 1985 with a University of New South Wales accredited Bachelor of Arts, and was commissioned into the Royal Australian Infantry Corps.
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Rick Burr has spent the majority of his military career with Australian special forces units.
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In 2000, Rick Burr served as equerry to Queen Elizabeth II during her royal tour of Australia, during which he was appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order.
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Rick Burr commanded Australian troops in Afghanistan in 2002, and later during Operation Falconer in 2003 as the Commander of the Special Air Service Regiment, commonly known as the SAS and considered the most elite unit in the Australian Army.
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Rick Burr redeployed to Afghanistan in 2008, where he commanded a contingent of special forces.
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On 21 August 2012, United States Army Secretary John M McHugh announced that Burr would be seconded to the United States Army to become Deputy Commander, United States Army Pacific.
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Rick Burr was thus the first foreign general to be given a service component command within the United States Army.
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Rick Burr assumed the post of Deputy Chief of Army in January 2015.
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Rick Burr was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2018 Australia Day Honours for "For distinguished service in the implementation of significant reform and the realisation of strategic capabilities within the Australian Defence Force".
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Rick Burr was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal by the Singaporean Minister for Defence Ng Eng Hen on 8 November 2021.
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Rick Burr holds a Master of Military Studies from the Marine Corps University at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, where he is a Distinguished Graduate of the United States Marine Corps Command and Staff College and graduate of the United States Marine Corps School of Advanced Warfighting.
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Rick Burr attended the six-week Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program.
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Rick Burr is the patron of the Defence Australian Rules Football Association and has a strong commitment to Indigenous Australian service members.