Steven S. Giordano

Steven S. Giordano is the 14th and current Master Chief Petty Officer of the United States Navy.

Career
A native of Baltimore, Maryland, Giordano enlisted in the U.S. Navy in June 1989 after naval recruiters visited his high school. Following completion of basic training at Recruit Training Command Orlando, Florida, he reported Naval Technical Training Center in Pensacola, Florida, completing cryptologic technician technical training. Giordano later completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Management, is a graduate of the Senior Enlisted Academy and the National Defense University Keystone course. He is designated a specialist in submarine, surface, and information warfare.

1990s
Giordano's early assignments include a tour at Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron 1 (VQ-1) in Agana, Guam, serving as a signals analyst and reporter, an operational deployment to the Naval Security Group detachment, Bahrain in support of the Persian Gulf War's Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. After four years at VQ-1, Giordano received orders to NSGA Pearl Harbor, Hawaii completing numerous operational deployments aboard Pacific Fleet combatants and earning his Submarine Warfare designation. His next assignment was at the National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS) Fort Meade, Maryland as an analyst with the Advanced Maritime Analysis Cell.

In 1996, Giordano committed adultery with a fellow sailor and was reduced in rate to petty officer second class as punishment, as U.S. military regulations prohibited adultery.

In October 1999, Giordano reported to NSGA Rota, Spain completing three operational deployments and serving aboard one allied combatant. Giordano then reported to the Center for Naval Leadership Pensacola, Florida for duties as the Entry Level ELINT School Course Manager and LCPO. During this assignment, he was designated Master Training Specialist.

2000s
In 2004, he reported to Navy Information Operations Command Fort Gordon, Georgia as the Fleet Cryptologic Augmentation Center Division Chief and Fleet Operations Department Leading Chief Petty Officer. Giordano graduated from the U.S. Navy Senior Enlisted Academy Class 133 and reported on staff as a faculty advisor in September 2007.

Giordano then became command master chief aboard the frigate USS McClusky (FFG-41), earning the Surface Warfare designation.

2010s
In December 2010, became Command Master Chief at Navy Information Operations Command Colorado, earning the Information Dominance Warfare designation. From December 2012 to February 2015 he served as force master chief for Navy Information Dominance Forces, and from 2015 to 2016 he served as fleet master chief for United States Naval Forces Europe - Naval Forces Africa.

The chief of naval operations (CNO) announced the selection of Giordano as the 14th master chief petty officer of the Navy (MCPON) on 9 June 2016. He took charge from Michael D. Stevens on 2 September 2016 during a change of office ceremony at the Washington Navy Yard.

Personal life
Giordano is married to his wife of 17 years (as of 2016), Elka.

Awards and decorations

 * 7 gold service stripes.