Information Systems Technician Master Chief (EXW/IW/SW/AW) Thomas M. Brandt
Senior Enlisted Leader, NNWC Detachment Blue Team Norfolk
13 June 2025
Master Chief Brandt reported to NAVNETWARCOM in April 2025 following a successful FDNF assignment as the N6 Department Head for Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Eight.
Master Chief Brandt is a native of Virginia and enlisted in the Navy in August 2002. Upon completion of basic training and Signalman "A" school in Great Lakes, Ill., he was assigned to USS La Salle (AGF 3) and completed forward deployed Naval force deployments from 2002-2003. The Signalman rate was disestablished and as a result, he cross rated to Information Systems Technician. He completed IT “A” school in Great Lakes, Ill., and was assigned to Allied Forces South Naples, Italy. There he completed several mobile communication deployments with the Army and a tour in Iraq in 2005 before the Individual Augmentee program was established.
In 2006 he was transferred to Naval Computer and Telecommunication Station Naples, Italy and was redirected to NAVEUR as a mobile communicator. He was then assigned to then-PCU George H W Bush (CVN 77) in 2007 where he ensured the successful commissioning and completed her maiden deployment. In 2012 he received orders to Naval Computer and Telecommunication Station Sicily, Italy but had to return to the states for family medical reasons. He was then assigned to Naval Computer and Telecommunication Area Master Station Atlantic Norfolk, Va., from 2012 to 2015. He was selected to be advanced to the rank of Chief Petty Officer in 2013.
In 2015, he was assigned to the USS Mason (DDG 87) where he completed their historic combat tour and was selected for Senior Chief Petty Officer in 2018. From there he was assigned to Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, Belgium where he served as the Senior Enlisted Advisor and as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s Communication and Information Agency project and queue manager. He was selected to Master Chief Petty Officer in 2021. In 2021, he served as the N6 Department Head for Explosive Ordinance Disposal Mobile Unit Eight. He is currently serving and the Navy Blue Team detachment Norfolk Senior Enlisted Leader.
Master Chief Brandt’s personal awards include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal (two awards), Navy Commendation Medal (two awards), Navy Achievement Medal (three awards), Combat Action Ribbon, and various unit and campaign medals. He is a graduate of the Senior Enlisted Academy Class 227.