Command Master Chief
CMDCM(AW/SW) Grover Ducksworth Jr.
Command Master Chief Ducksworth is a native of Gulfport, Mississippi. He graduated from Harrison Central High School, shortly after he enlisted and completed Boot Camp at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes.
As a source rated Machinist’s Mate, he served aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) in the Reactor Department. He advanced to Petty Officer 3rd Class and earned his Enlisted Surface and Aviation Warfare Specialist qualifications/insignia. In his following tour, he was attached to a pre-commissioning unit (PCU) Ronald Reagan and took part in the commissioning of USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) from April 2002 to May 2004, all while completing all his nuclear and conventional qualifications. Additionally, he advanced to Petty Officer 2nd Class.
While ashore, Ducksworth served as a maintenance technician at Trident Refit Facility Kings Bay, completed his Associate of Arts at Valdosta State University, began working on his bachelor, and advanced to Petty Officer 1st Class before reporting to USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 71) in 2008. While aboard USS Abraham Lincoln, he served as the Leading Chief Petty Officer of Reactor Plant #1 Main Machinery Room; he completed a rigorous Planned Incremental Availability, multiple Operational Reactor Safeguard Exams, and Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV).
In 2011, while transferring to Surface Warfare Officer School Command Great Lakes he was selected for Chief Petty Officer. During his time there, he was a Curriculum Manager and Command Evaluator and earned his Master Training Specialist and Bachelor of Science in Education and Development. His follow-on sea duty in 2014 was aboard USS Pioneer (MCM 9) as the Maintenance, Material, and Management Coordinator (3MC). He completed two 3M certifications and served as the Engineering Training Team Coordinator and a drilling Engineering Officer of the Watch. Upon leaving Japan and reporting to Mayport, Florida, in 2018, he reported to Southeastern Regional Maintenance Center as Code 900 Department Leading Chief Petty Officer and Acting Senior Enlisted Leader. Duckworth then split his tour to report to Afloat Training Group Mayport, when he was selected into the Command Senior Enlisted Leader Program and earned his Afloat Training Specialist qualification.
He now serves as the Command Master Chief for Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 31.
Ducksworth is a graduate of the Senior Enlisted Academy and a University of Georgia alumni with a Master of Educational Psychology, Applied Cognition and Development degree. His personal awards include the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (four awards), the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (four awards), and various personal, unit, and campaign awards.