John Parker

United States Navy MAY 2007 – present

REPAIR DEPARTMENT MASTER CHIEF PETTY OFFICER

Proven leader- As the Repair Department Master Chief, lead the Repair department onboard an AS-Class submarine with a department over 500 Officer’s and Enlisted sailors in the preventative and corrective maintenance to submarine assets located in the Pacific Ocean. As a Leading Chief Petty Officer for Repair division on a Gas-Turbine Guided-missile Cruiser and a Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier. Trained and supervised a multi-functional division of more than 100 personnel during a 5 year period in preventative and corrective maintenance to vital shipboard systems. Held the highest watch stations for Engineering Department as an Engineering Officer Of the Watch(EOOW CG-Class) and Engineering Chief Of the Watch(ECOW CVN-Class) and Engineering Duty Officer (EDO CG/CVN-Class) with the overall responsibility to maintain proper engineering plant conditions. As the Ships Fire Marshall, was overall in Charge of all Damage Control and firefighting efforts.

Lead Instructor- Lead 12 convening’s for approximately 120 sailors to attain their U53A Navy Enlisted Classification code(NEC). With core competency being focused on welding Shielded Metal Arc Welding(SMAW) and Gat Tungsten Arc welding(TIG). Upon graduation the students were familiar with welding carbon steel plate, pipe, socket welds, and consumable insert in the 2G/5G positions. They also learned and conformed to the welding standards of Navy manuals MIL-STD 22D, WP-248, WP-278, MIL-STD 1688/1689. Damage Control instructor at Farrier Fighting School in Norfolk VA, was an instrumental piece in the training and qualification of more than 15,000 students from local ships in order to maintain fleet readiness requirements. Onboard here is where I earned my qualification as a Master Training Specialist.

Damage Control and Engineering Drill Team Coordinator- Directly responsible to the ships Executive Officer, I planned, executed, and supervised the performance of hundreds of drill scenarios with more than 300 personnel on Engineering casualties and Damage Control response. I submitted write ups with expected actions, verifications of plant conditions, drill initiation, and ensured appropriate response occurred. I primarily supervised Damage control, Firefighting, and plant restoration, while I also assisted with mechanical oversight. During the drill periods I was a key component to operator safety, preventing plant limits from being violated, and ensured my ships crew maintained readiness to combat any casualty.

Mentor- As Repair Department Master Chief and Divisional Leading Chief Petty Officer, I have personally oversaw the careers of over 600 personnel to include their initial, 24 month, 48 month Career Development Board, yearly mid-term and yearly evaluations for all personnel in my department. Onboard USS Emory S. Land the ship has earned the retention excellence award for personnel staying in the Navy.

Engineering Maintenance 3M - Responsible for maintaining all engineering equipment required for operation of the Gas-turbine plant. I managed over 100 personnel in scheduling, training, and completion of over 8,000 maintenance items in support of engineering plant operations. Passed 3m assessment flawlessly with zero discrepancies. These systems were to include Damage Control equipment, lighting, ventilation systems, repair shop equipment and ships sewage systems.

Engineering Department Watch bill Coordinator- As the Departmental Watch bill Coordinator I was responsible for the drafting oversight of the watch bill for 290 personnel across 19 different watch stations. This essential role was necessary for the day-to-day operations onboard a Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carrier and provided for maximum flexibility across Engineering Department.

Fuel Console Operator- While out to Sea and in port there are very strict standards for the movement of fuel onto a Ship. I Safely and effectively took on over two million gallons of F-76 and JP-5 to keep a Guided Missile Cruiser completely refueled for Maritime operations.

• Welding fabricator in support of a multi-million dollar pharmaceutical manufacturing facility. Responsible for the fabrication and repair of piping systems, product filling machines and day to day operational systems.
• Warehouse employee, responsible for picking, staging and wrapping orders to be shipped out to customers across the country.