A Command Master Chief (CMC)

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A Command Master Chief (CMC) onboard a former command was an outstanding CMC and gave new meaning to leading from the front. If a Sailor had to go to Captains Mast, he took it as a failure on his part and that of The Mess that they could not help that Sailor from making the mistakes that he made (it was an all-male ship). About 14 months into his tour, our Independent Duty Corpsman (IDC) had to go on emergency leave and we were not able to get underway without our IDC onboard. We sent out requests for a temporary IDC and the IDC in the area that was available was a female, coincidentally she knew the CMC. Arrangements were made for her to sleep in medical as the time she was expected to be onboard was about two weeks. We pulled into our