Command Master Chief
CMDCM(AW/SCW/SW/IW/EXW/IUSS) Raymond Cabral
Master Chief Cabral is a native of San Jose, California. He joined the Navy in 1999. His first duty assignment was Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3 in Port Hueneme, California, where he completed three deployments. It was there where he was selected for Mobile Utilities Support Equipment (MUSE) Program and where he attended the yearlong Army Prime Power Production Specialist Course at Fort Belvoir, Virginia in 2005.
Upon graduation he then transferred to Naval Facilities Expeditionary Logistics Center (NFELC), assigned to MUSE in 2006. In 2009, he completed a one-year tour at Naval Support Activity (NSA) Souda Bay, Greece, and then returned to MUSE for a follow-on duty.
His next assignment was Naval Computer and Telecommunication Stations Sicily, Italy, where he was the leading petty officer (LPO) for Facilities. His follow-on assignment transferred him to Command Submarine Pacific Navy Data Center, Japan, where he supported the mission as the Facilities Manager and Senior Enlisted Advisor.
He was selected for the command program in 2017 but was already under orders to support Command Task Force (CTF) 56 in Bahrain, for a critical billet before his first command tour.
He completed his tour as plank owner in the commissioning of the USS Mobile (LCS 26) and her crew 211, home-ported in San Diego, California.
He then reported to Electronic Attach Squadron (VAQ) 135 in Whidbey Island, Washington, completing numerous detachments and a U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) deployment.
Cabral is currently serving as the Command Master Chief of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 79 in Rota, Spain.
Cabral is qualified Enlisted Aviation Warfare Specialist, Enlisted Seabee Combat Warfare Specialist, Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist, Enlisted Information Warfare Specialist, Enlisted Expeditionary Warfare Specialist, and Enlisted Integrated Undersea Surveillance System. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of La Verne and a master’s degree from University of Oklahoma.