Rear Admiral T Dick

Rear Admiral Tariworio Dick was born on 24 April 1964 in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.  He completed his primary school at Army Children School, Jenta Jos in 1977 and attended Command Secondary School Jos, from 1977 – 1982.  He began his military career at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) as a member of 33^rd Regular Course in January 1983 and trained as a Midshipman onboard NNS RUWAN YARO, NNS OBUMA and NNS LANA. He was subsequently commissioned Acting Sub Lieutenant on January 1986.
After commissioning, the senior officer attended several military courses which include Officers Long Course (OLC) in Navigation and Direction (ND) in 1995, Principal Warfare Officers (PWO) Course at NNC ONURA, Port Harcourt in 1997 and Senior Staff Course 24 in Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC) Jaji. He also attended the Amphibious Staff Operations Course at the Nigerian Army Amphibious Training Wing, Calabar and was a participant of National Defence College (NDC) Course 19 where he received the Chief of the Naval Staff award for the best paper on maritime operations. 
Some of the appointments he held include Watch Keeping Duties (WKD) onboard NNS DAMISA while the ship was deployed for ECOMOG Peace Keeping Operations in Liberia. He was also an Instructor at NNS QUORRA and Navigating Officer of NNS KYANWA from 2002 - 2004. Other prestigious appointments he has held include member of Directing Staff (DS) at the AFCSC, Jaji, 2004 - 2006, SOI Control Directorate of Marine Services NHQ and Chief Instructor (CI) Department of Maritime Warfare, AFCSC Jaji 2007 – 2009. He also served as CO NNS LANA between 2009 -10 and briefly as Deputy Director Special Projects in NN Transformation Office. He was also the Director Curriculum and Programmes Development (DCPD) at the NDC from 2013 - 2014 and Ag Director Academic Research and Analytical Support. He was the Director of Air Operations at Naval Headquarters (NHQ) Abuja  in 2014 until his promotion to R Adm and appointment as the Director of Operations NHQ, a position he currently holds.
R Adm Dick holds several awards prominent of which are FSS, MSS, DSS, psc+ (pass staff college dagger) and fdc+ (distinguish Fellow of the Defence College). He holds an Advance Diploma in Maritime Safety and Petroleum Management from Federal University of Technology Owerri and Masters in Strategic Studies from the University of Ibadan. He is a Member Nigerian Institute of Management (MNIM).
He is married and a father of 3 children. He also enjoys fine art, fish farming and reading.