Master Chief Scott A. Johnson
Master Chief Johnson is a native of Auburn, Indiana, and enlisted in the United States Navy Reserve on in 2002, as a part of the buildup due to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. He reported to Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois, in July 2002 and began his career as a CE2 through the APG program.
He has served in a myriad of assignments, first with NMCB 26 as a detachment officer-in-charge; communications shop leading petty officer; department head, operations department leading petty officer; Charlie Company chief; and a detachment site chief on an Afghanistan deployment in 2010-2011.
He was assigned to NMCB 25 after the decommissioning of NMCB 26 where he served as future operations chief state-side as the battalion was deployed. When they returned, he continued as the current operations chief and moved on to training chief ending this tour in 2017 to become the operations chief at 1 NCR.
At 1 NCR, the highlight of this two-year tour was serving as the operations chief during the humanitarian assistance/disaster relief portion of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2018. It was the first time a Seabee regiment had been put into that position and exercises the Seabee’s capabilities of command and control in a contingency environment, working with different nationalities and services.
His last tour was as the manpower chief and detachment officer-in-charge with NMCB 25 supporting the command as they returned from back-to-back air detachment deployments.
His deployments include time with NMCB 26 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in 2007 and in 2010. CMDCM recently completed a tour with NMCB 27 before reporting as the Command Master Chief of NMCB 22.
Command Master Chief Johnson is Seabee Combat Warfare qualified. He is also a graduate of the U.S. Navy Senior Enlisted Academy (Class 211) and has been awarded the Navy Commendation Medal (two awards), along with various other personal and unit awards. He has his Master Electricians License in Indiana and has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Indiana Wesleyan University. In his civilian career, he is a home automation technician/ electrician and is married with three children and four grandchildren.