Command Master Chief Valle is a native of Chicago, Illinois. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy on 2 July 2003 and attended Basic Training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois. After successful completion of Hospital Corpsman “A” School and Field Medical Service School, he reported to Commanding General’s First Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, CA.
His sea duty assignments include 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance, 1st Battalion 5th Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard USS TARAWA (LHA 1), and 11th Marine Regiment in First Marine Division Camp Pendleton, CA, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Senior Medical Department Representative, Independent Duty Corpsman (IDC), and Officer of the Deck Underway aboard USS THUNDERBOLT (PC 12), USS FIREBOLT (PC 10), and USS HURRICANE (PC 3) with PC Crew KILO, Little Creek, VA, and Manama, Bahrain in support of Operation New Dawn. Command and Medical Senior Enlisted Leader for Task Force SEVENTY ONE/Destroyer Squadron FIFTEEN, Yokosuka, Japan. Shore duty assignments include Senior Enlisted Advisor for Branch Health Clinic USS Tranquility, Recruit Training Command, IL. Medical Senior Enlisted Leader and IDC Program Manager for Naval Surface Group Western Pacific, Yokosuka, Japan. Command Senior Enlisted Leader and Fleet Support Operations-Lead Inspector for Afloat Training Group Western Pacific, Yokosuka, Japan.
Command tours include Command Master Chief for USNS MERCY (T AH 19), San Diego, CA in support of Pacific Partnership 2022, the largest multi-national medical outreach mission in the Indo-Pacific. Command Master Chief for forward-deployed Strike Fighter Squadron ONE NINE FIVE, operating from Marine Corps Air Station, Iwakuni, Japan and attached to Carrier Air Wing FIVE. Executed four forward-deployed patrols aboard USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76) and USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) in support of Seventh Fleet operations.
Currently serving as the Staff Command Master Chief for U.S Seventh Fleet
Command Master Chief Valle has earned his Enlisted Aviation Warfare, Surface Warfare, Fleet Marine Force, and Afloat Training Specialist qualifications. His awards include the Meritorious Service Medal (two awards), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (seven awards), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (five awards), Combat Action, and various unit and campaign awards. Master Chief Valle earned a Bachelor’s degree in Health Admin, Master’s in Psychology, and is a Doctoral candidate in Industrial/Organizational Psychology at North Central University. He is a graduate of the Major Command CMC Course, CMC/COB Boat Course (21030), Senior Enlisted Academy (Class Gray-212), Executive Medical Department Enlisted Course, and Surface Force IDC School. In addition, he has been the recipient of Bureau of Medicine and Surgery’s Surface IDC of the Year.