Dari tahun 1954 hingga 1959 beliau menjadi First Sea Lord, iaitu jawatan yang telah disandang oleh bapanya, Putera Louis Battenberg, empat puluh tahun yang lalu. Selepas itu beliau berkhidmat sebagai Ketua Turus Pertahanan sehingga tahun 1965, menjadikannya ketua profesional paling lama berkhidmat dalam Angkatan Tentera British setakat ini. Semasa tempoh itu Mountbatten juga berkhidmat sebagai Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Ketenteraan NATO selama setahun.
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