Monongahela (AO 178) - Naval Cruise Book

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Command Master Chief mmcm(sw) Mark Butler August 1995 - Present Master C ' liicl Hullor is born iii I ' oitsinoLilh. Vir- ;jmia on February 18. 1958. The son of Master Chief Boilernian and Mrs. John J. Butler, he grew up at various Naval Bases tliroughoiit the L ' nited .Stales. He .spent his high school years in Ashe ille. North Carolina and graduated from T.C. Roberson High School in May 1976. In August 1976 he enlisted in the Navy and received basic training at Recruit Training Center, Orlando. Florida followed by Ma- chinist Mate A school at Naval Training Center. Great Lakes. Illinois. He then attended Naval Nuclear Power School in Or- lando, Florida and Nuclear Power Operator training in Idaho Falls. Idaho. During his initial sea tour on board USS Fiilerprise (CVN 65) he served as engine room supervisor and as Leading Petty Officer of a machinery room. Aftenvards, he was assigned to the USS FULTON (AS 1 1 ) as Leading Petty Officer of the Ra- diological Controls Division and was advanced to Chief Petty Officer. He was then selected for the Enlisted Education Ad- vancement Program and attended Thames Val- ley State Technical College for two years where he earned an Associate of Science in Me- chanical Engineering Technology. In August 1986 he reported on board USSENTERPRISE(CVN65)forasecondtour. While there he ser ed as Leading Chief Petty Officer of Machinery Di ision. Repair Divi- sion and as the Reactor Training Division Of- ficer. During his six year tour the ENTERPRISE deployed to the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean in support of Operation Praying Man lis and the escorting of retlaggedKuwati tank- ers. During this same six year tour he vsas advanced to Senior Chief Petty Officer and to Master Chief Petty Officer. In August 1 992. Master Chief Butler was assigned to the Surface Warfare Officers School Command at Newport, Rhode Island as an engineering instructor. During this tour he com- pleted his Bachelor of Science in Sociology from Regents College in Albany. New York. In Mas 1 994 he w as selected as the Command Master Chief for Surface Warlaic Olliccrs School Command. One year later he received orders to attend the Senior Enlisted Academy in Newport. Rhode Island. After gradu- ation, he report- ed to USS MONO- GAHELA(A0178) in August 1995 as the Command Mas- ter Chief Master Chief Butler is authorized to wear the Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist insignia, the Na y and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal and other unit and campaign awards. He is married to the former Genene Ballew of Asheville. North Carolina. They reside in Vir- ginia Beach. Virginia s ith their two sons. Adrian and Dean.

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