Command Master Chief Jenkins reported to Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois in March of 1999 and began his naval career as a Gunner’s Mate. He was duly initiated as a Chief Petty Officer in 2006.
Master Chief Jenkins’ early sea tours and deployments were in support of Operations NOBLE EAGLE and ENDURING FREEDOM. He performed duties as MK45 5”/54 Caliber Gun Mount Captain and Surface Search and Rescue (SAR) Swimmer in USS Spruance (DD 963), CG Division Leading Chief Petty Officer and SAR Swimmer in USS Elrod (FFG 55), and Small Arms / Demolition Range Division Leading Chief Petty Officer at Naval Special Warfare Development Group in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Ashore, Master Chief Jenkins served as a SAR Swimmer and Water Survival Instructor at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois.
He completed forward-deployed joint assignments for Naval Special Warfare in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM as a Joint Command Senior Enlisted Leader (JCSEL) and Deputy Chief of Operations for a Joint Special Operations Task Force in Afghanistan in 2011, and JCSEL for a Joint Special Operations Task Force in the Horn of Africa/Arabian Peninsula in 2013. He deployed in 2019 as JCSEL for Arctic Expeditionary Joint Logistics over the Shore (JLOTS) operations and again in 2020 as JCSEL of Commander, Maritime Preposition Force while deployed alongside the Army’s 7th Transportation Brigade-Expeditionary (7th TBX) for JLOTS operations in the CENTCOM area of responsibility.
Master Chief Jenkins was selected for the Command Master Chief program in 2013 and has completed successful Command Master Chief tours and deployments in USS Coronado (LCS 4), USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60), USS Makin Island (LHD 8), Naval Beach Group ONE (NBG 1), and Amphibious Squadron SEVEN (CPR 7).
He assumed duties as Command Master Chief of Carrier Strike Group FIFTEEN in March 2026.
Master Chief Jenkins holds a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from Excelsior University and a Master of Arts in Management from American Military University. He is a graduate of the United States Navy Senior Enlisted Academy Class 169, Command Master Chief Course Class 124, Advanced Command Master Chief Course Class 24010, Command Senior Enlisted Leader Executive Leadership Symposium, Flag and Executive Leader Implementation (FELIX-21) Course, and National Defense University KEYSTONE Course Class 19-2.
The combat contributions of the teams with which Master Chief Jenkins has served have been recognized with the Battle Efficiency Award, three Presidential Unit Citations, three Joint Meritorious Unit Awards, and three Meritorious Unit Citations.
He is a Master Training Specialist and has earned his Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist, Enlisted Aviation Warfare Specialist, Expeditionary Warfare Specialist, and Enlisted Information Warfare Specialist qualifications.