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Charles “Chuck” Clarke was born in Georgetown, Guyana (South America), and entered the United States Navy in April 1987 at Recruit Training Command in San Diego, CA.
His duty stations while in the U.S. Navy included: Disbursing Clerk onboard USS Dubuque (LPD-8) homeported in Sasebo, Japan; Military Pay Supervisor at Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Forty in Port Hueneme, CA; Military Pay Supervisor at Recruit Training Command and PSD Point Loma in San Diego, CA; Deputy Disbursing Officer onboard USS Mount Vernon (LSD-39) homeported in San Diego, CA; Command Career Counselor at Naval Support Activity, La Maddalena, Italy; Command Career Counselor for Pre-commissioning Detachment Iwo Jima in Norfolk, VA; Plank-Owner and Career Information Program Manager onboard USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) homeported Norfolk, VA; Senior Career Counselor and Career Information Program Manager for COMHELTACWINGLANT in Norfolk, VA; Career Information Program Manager and Executive Department Leading Chief Petty Officer, on board USS Kitty Hawk (CVN-63), homeported in Yokosuka, Japan.
Selected to the Command Master Chief program in 1997, he served as the Final Command Master Chief onboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63), homeported in Yokosuka, Japan and Bremerton, Washington; Command Master Chief on board USS Nimitz (CVN-68) homeported in San Diego, CA, and Command Master Chief for the Commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/FIFTH Fleet in Manama, Bahrain.
In August 2012, he was selected as the 17th Fleet Master Chief for the Commander of United States Fleet Forces Command and served in that position until December 2015. He is a veteran of 9 Western Pacific Deployments and one Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise. He deployed in support of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm from September 1990 – March 1991 and Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom from July 2009 – March 2010.
His military and civilian education include: Disbursing Clerk Class A and C Schools, Command Career Counselor School, and multiple shipboard damage control, fire-fighting, and Naval Leadership Courses. He’s a graduate of the Navy’s Senior Enlisted Academy (Class 114 Green), the Command Master Chief/Chief of the Boat Course (Class #38), and the National Defense University Keystone Course. He’s earned a bachelor’s degree from Excelsior College, a master’s degree in Human Relations from the University of Oklahoma, and a Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership in Education from Northcentral University, in San Diego, CA.
Chuck Clarke transferred to the United States Navy Fleet Reserves effective 30 April 2016. He currently serves as Director of the Academy of Leadership and Military Science and Senior Naval Science Instructor at Lake Taylor High School, an Executive Board Member for the U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation, and an Advisor to Task Force One Navy: The Chief of Naval Operations’ Trusted Advisory Group on Diversity.
Charles “Chuck” Clarke was born in Georgetown, Guyana (South America), and entered the United States Navy in April 1987 at Recruit Training Command in San Diego, CA.
His duty stations while in the U.S. Navy included: Disbursing Clerk onboard USS Dubuque (LPD-8) homeported in Sasebo, Japan; Military Pay Supervisor at Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Forty in Port Hueneme, CA; Military Pay Supervisor at Recruit Training Command and PSD Point Loma in San Diego, CA; Deputy Disbursing Officer onboard USS Mount Vernon (LSD-39) homeported in San Diego, CA; Command Career Counselor at Naval Support Activity, La Maddalena, Italy; Command Career Counselor for Pre-commissioning Detachment Iwo Jima in Norfolk, VA; Plank-Owner and Career Information Program Manager onboard USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) homeported Norfolk, VA; Senior Career Counselor and Career Information Program Manager for COMHELTACWINGLANT in Norfolk, VA; Career Information Program Manager and Executive Department Leading Chief Petty Officer, on board USS Kitty Hawk (CVN-63), homeported in Yokosuka, Japan.
Selected to the Command Master Chief program in 1997, he served as the Final Command Master Chief onboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63), homeported in Yokosuka, Japan and Bremerton, Washington; Command Master Chief on board USS Nimitz (CVN-68) homeported in San Diego, CA, and Command Master Chief for the Commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/FIFTH Fleet in Manama, Bahrain.
In August 2012, he was selected as the 17th Fleet Master Chief for the Commander of United States Fleet Forces Command and served in that position until December 2015. He is a veteran of 9 Western Pacific Deployments and one Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise. He deployed in support of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm from September 1990 – March 1991 and Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom from July 2009 – March 2010.
His military and civilian education include: Disbursing Clerk Class A and C Schools, Command Career Counselor School, and multiple shipboard damage control, fire-fighting, and Naval Leadership Courses. He’s a graduate of the Navy’s Senior Enlisted Academy (Class 114 Green), the Command Master Chief/Chief of the Boat Course (Class #38), and the National Defense University Keystone Course. He’s earned a bachelor’s degree from Excelsior College, a master’s degree in Human Relations from the University of Oklahoma, and a Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership in Education from Northcentral University, in San Diego, CA.
Chuck Clarke transferred to the United States Navy Fleet Reserves effective 30 April 2016. He currently serves as Director of the Academy of Leadership and Military Science and Senior Naval Science Instructor at Lake Taylor High School, an Executive Board Member for the U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation, and an Advisor to Task Force One Navy: The Chief of Naval Operations’ Trusted Advisory Group on Diversity.
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