He graduated from the 37th class of the Naval War Academy (Croatian: Vojna mornarička akademija) in Split in 1986.

Stipanović served in the navy during the Croatian War of Independence (1991-1995).

In 1999, Stipanović graduated from Command Staff College "Blago Zadro" in Zagreb, between 2002 and 2003 he attended U.S.

[2][3] Between 2013 and 2015, Stipanović held the post of the Chief of the Naval Staff and Deputy Commander of Croatian Navy.

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