CMDCM (AW/NAC) Jon D. Port
Master Chief Port enlisted in the Navy in May 1986. He completed Basic Training in Orlando , FL , and served a tour of duty as a non-rate seaman prior to reporting to the Defense Language Institute, Monterey , CA for Russian language training in August of 1988. He graduated near the top of his 112-member class in September 1989 and was selected to remain for extended intermediate Russian language training graduating in March of 1990. He completed technical training at NTTCD Goodfellow AFB, San Angelo, TX and reported for Naval Aircrew Candidate Training in Pensacola, Florida. Upon successful completion of Aircrew Candidate School in September of 1990, he reported for Morse code training at NTTC Corry Station prior to reporting to his initial assignment to Naval Security Group Detachment, Brunswick, Maine. During his tour of duty in Brunswick, he accumulated over 600 combat flight hours in support of Operation Desert Storm, Southern Watch, Provide Hope and Continue Hope earning an Individual Action Air Medal for a particular mission flown over Mogadishu, Somalia.
In 1994 he reported to Defense Language Institute, Monterey, CA for the Advanced Russian Interpreter course prior to duty with the On-Site Inspection Agency (now the Defense Threat Reduction Agency) in Washington, D. C. He accumulated an additional 1,500 flight hours onboard the OC-135B Open Skies aircraft as well as 110 flight hours flown onboard a Russian IL-38 ASW aircraft, the first Naval Aircrewman to do so.
Selected to Chief Petty Officer in 1997, he received orders to serve as the first-ever Cryptologic Liaison to Headquarters, Navy Recruiting Command Headquarters in Arlington , Virginia , during which he moved with the command to its current location of Millington , Tennessee . Upon selection to Senior Chief Petty Officer, he attended the U. S. Navy Senior Enlisted Academy with orders to the Naval Security Group Activity Kunia. Arriving in April 2001, he assumed duties as the Senior Enlisted Advisor to a multi-service Operations department later serving as the Fleet Support LCPO, which led to his selection to Master Chief in March 2003. Selected to Command Master Chief on the January 2004 CMC Selection Board, he attended the Capstone Command Master Chief Course at the Senior Enlisted Academy graduating the two-week course in April 2004. From April 2004 to May 2006, he served as Command Master Chief of AIRLANT’s largest deployable squadron, Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15 (HM-15) in Corpus Christi , Texas . In June 2006, he became the first Command Master Chief for Pre-Commissioning Unit GEORGE H. W. BUSH (CVN 77).
Master Chief Port holds a MBA in Management, Bachelor of Science Degree in Political Science and is a designated Master Linguist. His personal awards include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal (2 awards), Air Medal (Individual Action), Navy Commendation Medal (2 awards), and the Navy Achievement Medal (4 awards).
