Kyd was commissioned into the
Royal Navy on 20 October 1990. He was given command of the
frigate in 2004. Promoted to
captain on 2 November 2009, he became the last commanding officer of in September 2010, commanding officer of in 2011 and commanding officer of the
Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth in September 2012. In February 2014, Kyd was named as the first future seagoing captain of the British
aircraft carrier as well as
Commander United Kingdom Task Group. Kyd became commanding officer of HMS
Queen Elizabeth in May 2016, replacing Captain Simon Petitt, the Senior Naval Officer of
Queen Elizabeth who had effectively been CO of the ship since 2012. Kyd routinely wore the Royal Navy rank of captain while retaining the substantive rank of commodore, following historical custom. He became
Commander United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group in February 2015. Kyd was appointed as
Commander United Kingdom Maritime Forces and Rear Admiral Surface Ships in October 2018 and promoted to
rear admiral on 19 November. In March 2019, he was promoted to the substantive rank of
vice admiral and took up the appointment of
Fleet Commander. He was appointed a
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the
2019 Birthday Honours. He retired on 11 March 2022. ==Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey==