COMMAND MASTER CHIEF

COMMAND MASTER CHIEF (SCW) AUSTIN LEEDOM

UNITED STATES NAVY

NAVAL MOBILE CONSTRUCTION BATTALION FOUR

Command Master Chief Leedom reported to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion FOUR in May 2008, following  his assignment at the Center for Personal and Professional Development, Yokosuka, Japan.

He joined the United States Navy in 1981, completed Recruit Training in Great Lakes, Illinois and “A” school in Gulfport, Mississippi. 

His extensive list of duty stations started in Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Forty, Port Hueneme, California as a Steelworker in the Bravo Company Shop.  Next he was assigned to the Thirty-First Naval Construction Regiment; his jobs included: LPO for Weapons and Combat Skills, Ammunition Technician and CPO/Officers Combat Skills Course Instructor. 

He deployed with COMCBPAC FORWARD in August of 1990 to Saudi Arabia and was selected to Chief Petty Officer in 1991.  He went back to NMCB Forty and in 1992 deployed to Operation “Restore Hope” in the war torn country of Somalia. 

In 1994 he reported to Naval Education & Training Program Management Support Activity as an Enlisted Advancement Examination Writer.  He reported to NMCB Four in 1997 and for the next six years deployed numerous times and was assigned a myriad of duties to include the Training Chief, Air Det Chief, Quality Control Chief, Operations Chief and Company Chief.

In 2002, he transferred to NAVSEA Headquarters, and was employed as an Inspector and Investigator in the Office of the Inspector General.      

Command Master Chief’s decorations include a Meritorious Service Medal, the Navy and Marine Corps

Commendation Medal (fourth award), one Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, Joint Meritorious Unit Commendation, five Battle E Ribbons, and the Expert Pistol and Rifle Medals.