COMDESRON SEVEN
 
GSCM(SW) Christopher M. Bacon
Senior Enlisted Leader (April 2009 - April 2011)
GSCM(SW) Christopher M. Bacon was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and grew up in the Greater Boston area. Enlisting in the Navy in September 1981, he attended Basic Training and follow-on Apprenticeship Training at Recruit Training Command Orlando, FL.

Master Chief Bacon’s sea tours include: USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62), USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69), USS OLDENDORF (DD 972), USS RUSSELL (DDG 59), COMDESRON ONE and COMDESRON SEVEN.

Along with various training and the Precommissioning Detachments and Units RUSSELL and MAKIN ISLAND, GSCM(SW) Bacon served ashore at Naval Station Subic Bay, RP, SIMA Pearl Harbor, HI and as the senior Gas Turbine and Engineering Leading Detailer at Navy Personnel Command in Millington, TN.

Master Chief Bacon holds a BS in Industrial Technology from Southern Illinois University Carbondale, from which he graduated magna cum laude.

Master Chief Bacon’s awards include the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (5 Awards), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (4 Awards) and various other personal and unit awards.

GSCM(SW) Bacon reported aboard Commander, Destroyer Squadron Seven in August 2007 from PCU MAKIN ISLAND (LHD 8) in Pascagoula, MS and serves as the Assistant Material Officer and Command Master Chief.

 NEWS
Decatur, Benfold Practice BMD Exercise
SAN DIEGO - San Diego-based ships USS Decatur (DDG 73) and USS Benfold (DDG 65), along with Norfolk-based USS Stout (DDG 55), participated in a ballistic missile defense exercise (BMDX) Aug. 23-27.
RIMPAC 2010 Combined Sea Combat Commander Staff
RIMPAC 2010 Combined Sea Combat Commander Staff
RIMPAC 2010 Combined Sea Combat Commander Staff
USS Ronald Reagan Strike Group and Republic of Korea Navy ships steam in formation in conjunction with Exercise RSOI/FE 2007
Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group Arrives in 7th Fleet
PACIFIC OCEAN (Mar. 9, 2011) – The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group arrived in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR) on March 9.
Change of Command 2011
DESRON 7 Changes Command
PHILIPPINE SEA (April 12, 2011) – Capt. Peter M. Driscoll Jr. passes through sideboys after being relieved of command in the Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 7 change of command ceremony on board the guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88). Capt. James Morgan relieved Driscoll Jr. as commodore of DESRON 7.

 Served with...
Captain Peter M. Driscoll, Jr.

Start Date: July 2009
End Date: April 2011
Captain Jim Morgan

Start Date: June 2010
End Date: April 2011
CAPT Jim Morgan

Start Date: April 2011
End Date: October 2012
CAPT Paul J. Schlise

Start Date: April 2011
End Date: October 2012
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