Christopher Zeigler is a retired U.S. Navy Command Master Chief with 31 years of extensive leadership experience across surface, aviation, and strike group operations.

Chris served in key operational and leadership roles aboard cruisers, destroyers, patrol craft, aircraft carriers, and aviation squadrons worldwide. His earlier assignments include USS Vicksburg, USS Mount Whitney, Patrol Coastal Forces in 5th Fleet, USS Michael Murphy, and Destroyer Squadron 31. Later, he served as the Command Master Chief for Strike Fighter Squadron 137, the Blue Angels, USS George Washington, and most recently, Carrier Strike Group NINE.

Throughout his career, Chris led high-performing teams through complex operations, deployments, and major organizational transitions, including the Blue Angels’ Super Hornet transition and USS George Washington’s large-scale carrier overhaul and follow-on readiness efforts.

Chris is a graduate of the U.S. Navy Senior Enlisted Academy, Command Master Chief Course, and Executive Leadership Symposium. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems.

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