USS Tortuga
 
BMCS(SW) David R. Trigg
Command Master Chief (Acting) (March 2011 - May 2011)

Senior Chief Petty Officer Trigg, a native of Seattle, Washington, enlisted in the Navy in January 1986 under the Delayed Entry Program.

His first assignment was USS PONCE LPD-15, which he joined as a SN and where he was advanced to Petty Officer 3rd class. His then moved on to the USS DAVID R. RAY DD-971, where he was advanced to Petty Officer 2nd Class and then to Petty Officer 1st Class. After more than five years on the DAVID R. RAY, he was stationed at KEYPORT, WASHINGTON, where he earned his Craft Master pin while driving torpedo retrievers in DABOB BAY, WASHINGTON and NANAIMO, CANADA. During this tour, he was promoted to Chief Petty Officer.

Working outside his rate on shore duty, he received his NEC 9515 while attending the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute (DEOMI) in Cocoa Beach, Florida. After graduating from DEOMI, he was appointed the Equal Opportunity Advisor (EOA) for Vice Admiral Holmes, Commander of COMPATWINGSPAC based in Barber’s Point, Hawaii (later renamed COMPATRECONFORPAC).

Senior Chief Trigg returned to sea duty as the Chief Boatswain Mate on board the USS KINKAID DD-965. After a deployment to the Persian Gulf, the KINKAID was elected to be a part of an experimental program that called for a Spruance-class destroyer to deploy and remain on station for more than 400 days. The Sea Swap initiative became a reality in January 2003 as the former crew of the KINKAID took over the USS FLETCHER DD-992 in Fremantle, Australia. With the FLETCHER BMCS Trigg’s next command, he returned to the Persian Gulf.

BMCS Trigg’s next assignment was in La Maddalena, Italy, where he was the Leading Chief Petty Officer for Deck Department on board the Submarine Tender USS EMORY S LAND AS-39. Following this, he moved to his second tour of shore duty at the Naval Munitions Command (NMC) based in Sasebo, Japan, where he was promoted to Senior Chief Petty Officer and was the Senior Enlisted Advisor for the command.

Currently attached to the USS TORTUGA LSD-46, also based in Sasebo, he is the Leading Chief Petty Officer for the Finest Deck Department in the United States Navy, as well as currently the Acting CMC.

After 25 years’ service, Senior Chief Trigg’s personal decorations include the Navy Commendation Medal (4 awards), the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (5 awards), plus various campaign, unit and service awards.

 NEWS
A Japan Self-Defense Force armored vehicle is craned aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46).
Tortuga Sailors, Japanese Army Forces Support Operation Tomodachi
TOMAKOMAI KO, Japan (March 15, 2011) A Japan Self-Defense Force armored vehicle is craned aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46). Tortuga loaded humanitarian supplies and more than 20 vehicles to support Operation Tomodachi, a humanitarian assistance mission in the wake of a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and a subsequent tsunami in Japan.
Members of USS Tortuga (LSD 46) meticulously check all vehicles and equipment on the flight deck
USS Tortuga Loads Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Vehicles
TOMAKOMAI KO, Japan (March 15, 2011) Members of USS Tortuga (LSD 46) meticulously check all vehicles and equipment on the flight deck before the ship gets underway to complete the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force onload.
Sailors run across the flight deck aboard USS Tortuga (LSD 46) after receiving equipment and supplies for EODMU 5
Tortuga Embarks Expeditionary Units to Perform Rescue, Salvage Operations
PACIFIC OCEAN (March 28, 2011) Sailors run across the flight deck aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) after receiving equipment and supplies for Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5 as the unit comes aboard to assist with humanitarian assistance operations in Japan.

 Served with...
Commander John Barnett

Start Date: July 2010
End Date: July 2012
Commander Ragland

Start Date: February 2011
End Date: July 2012
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