Command Master Chief

 

United States Navy
Command Master Chief, Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Bremerton
 

A native of Southern California, Command Master Chief Eickhoff joined the Navy in July 1996.  After his initial hospital corpsman training, he reported to his first tour at Naval Medical Center San Diego and worked in the Operating Room as an anesthesia technician. 

His operational assignments include search and rescue corpsman at Roosevelt Roads/Fleet Composite Squadron (VC) 8, Puerto Rico, independent duty corpsman (IDC) on the Avenger-class mine countermeasure ship USS Scout (MCM 8), IDC and mountaineer at the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, and the Medical Department head and company senior enlisted advisor at Coastal Riverine Squadron Three.

Ashore, served as an IDC and emergency medicine coordinator at Branch Health Clinic, Brunswick, Maine and the Naval School of Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Destin, Florida. 

In 2018, he was selected and changed rate to command senior enlisted leader. His first tour as a command senior chief was the U.S. Pacific Fleet master chief’s executive assistant. He then went to the Pacific Missile Range Facility where he was promoted to command master chief. 
 
Most recently, Eickhoff was the command master chief onboard the guided missile destroyer USS Chung Hoon (DDG 93).

He has qualified as expeditionary warfare specialist, enlisted surface warfare specialist, and naval aircrew. He has earned numerous medals and unit awards throughout his career. He holds a Bachelor of Science from George Washington University and is a graduate from the U.S. Navy’s Senior Enlisted Academy, command master chief/chief of the boat, and advanced command master chief courses.

He currently serves as the command master chief of Naval Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton.