Navy Husband and Wife Promoted to Command Master Chief

Photo By SCSTC Public Affairs | NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. (Feb. 23, 2023) In a special ceremony, aboard USS Cooperstown (LCS 23), Surface Combat Systems Training Command (SCSTC) LCS Training Facility (LTF) Atlantic’s (LANT) Command Senior Chief (CMDCS) Keith Johnson and wife, Cooperstown’s CMDCS Keona Johnson, are both frocked to command master chief, Feb. 23. (U.S. Navy photo by Surface Combat Systems Training LCS Training Facility Atlantic / USS Cooperstown (LCS 23))  

MAYPORT, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES

03.01.2023

Story by Kimberly Lansdale 

Surface Combat Systems Training Command (SCSTC)

NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla.– In a special ceremony, aboard USS Cooperstown (LCS 23), Surface Combat Systems Training Command (SCSTC) LCS Training Facility (LTF) Atlantic’s (LANT) Command Senior Chief (CMDCS) Keith Johnson received all of the responsibilities and authority of the highest enlisted rank in the U.S. Navy, Feb. 23. What made this ceremony even more extraordinary, Cooperstown’s CMDCS Keona Johnson, Keith Johnson’s wife, was also frocked to Command Master Chief.

As command master chiefs, the Johnsons are responsible for their Sailors’ personal and professional development. Most importantly, they represent their Sailors in all matters Navy.

This is not the first time husband and wife were promoted together. In 2017, during a ceremony onboard Naval Air Station Jacksonville, the couple pinned on the rank of senior chief petty officer.

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• Date Taken: 03.01.2023
• Date Posted: 03.01.2023 14:41
• Story ID: 439495
• Location: MAYPORT, FLORIDA, US