Command Master Chief

Master Chief Phillip Leonardo Woods Jr. was born on March 15, 1980 at Clark AFB in Angeles City, Philippines. He reported to RTC in September of 1998 and pipelined from Hospital Corpsman “A” School to Field Medical Service School.

His first two assignments were with the Fleet Marine Force, one year assignment with 3rd Medical Bn 3rd Force Service Support Group (FSSG), Okinawa and a two-year assignment with 1st Medical Bn, 1^st FSSG, Camp Pendleton where he served as a Pre-hospital Life Support Instructor as well as a Platoon Sgt. for one of the command’s Shock Trauma Platoons.

Reporting to his first shore assignment, Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton from August 2002 - February 2006, he served as LPO of the Family Medicine Department. During this tour he volunteered for an Individual Augmentation tasker, August of 2004 – February of 2005 to Iraq with Combat Service Support Battalion 7 ISO Operation Iraqi Freedom and was promoted to Second Class Petty Officer by the Secretary of the Navy.

His next assignment was to Beach Master Unit ONE, Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado, California from February 2006 – May 2009. He deployed twice to South America embarking on the USS PEARL HARBOR and USS BOXER as a Salvage Officer and team Corpsman. During this tour he served as LPO at sea, Armorer and was meritoriously promoted to First Class.

In June 2009 he reported to Naval Hospital Okinawa, Japan where he served as the LPO for the Directorate for Medical Services and Acting LCPO for the Emergency Medicine Dept. In 2011 he was selected to Chief Petty Officer and served as the LCPO for the Directorate for Surgical Services.

Chief Woods then reported for sea duty as Senior Enlisted Leader (SEL), Fleet Surgical Team THREE from October 2012 – October 2014. During his assignment he deployed aboard the USS BOXER from August 2013 – April 2014. He also served as Medical Regulating Control Officer for the entire BOXER ARG and earned his Afloat Training Specialist qualification.

In December of 2014, Senior Chief Woods was selected for instructor duty in San Antonio Texas and shortly after fleeted up to Serve as the SEL of Hospital Corpsman “A” School and earned Master Training Specialist qualification. Additionally, he led the rewriting and implementation of the Navy’s New Enlisted Medical Curriculum.

October, 2017, he reported to the USS CARL VINSON serving as Medical DLCPO. During this tour he deployed to WESTPAC & RIMPAC 2018, routinely served as the acting CMC, awarded the peer nominated “Swamp Fox” Leadership award and promoted to Master Chief.

Served as SEL, Directorate for Branch Clinics, Naval Medicine Readiness & Training Center San Diego, Ca. During his tour he led 1102 active duty and civilians across 14 clinics through a successful Joint Commission Survey. Hand selected to serve as COVID SEL for the region developing and leading the clinic COVID drive through testing sites and fleet immunization teams for the waterfront.

In June of 2023 he returned USS PEARL HARBOR as the CMC! Warship 52 completed Pacific Partnership 23 & 25. During his tour the ship successfully passed INSURV and was awarded the command’s first Ney award!

Currently he serves as the CMC for Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command San Diego.

Master Chief Woods graduated the Senior Enlisted Academy in 2017 class 206; CMC/COB course in 2023; Major CMC course in 2026, and holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Organizational Leadership & Development. His personal awards include Meritorious Service Medal (2 awards), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (Five Awards), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (Five awards), Pistol & Rifle Expert Medals, numerous campaign & unit awards. He and his wife Elizabeth have three children, a son Phillip and two daughters Eliana and Viviana.