Top FMC Seabee to retire

WASHINGTON - Naval Base Ventura County (Calif.) Command Master Chief Percy Trent Jr. was selected to become the 17th force master chief of the Seabees at a Dec. 1 ceremony at the Washington Navy Yard. Trent will assume the duties of the highest ranking enlisted Seabee in March 2016 from Seabee Force Master Chief Christopher Levesque, who retires in June. (Source: Navy News Service 12/02/15) Gulf Coast Maritime Note: Prior to taking the reigns of force master chief in January 2014, Levesque served as command master chief of the Naval Construction Training Center in Gulfport, Miss.