CMDCM (SWCC/IW/SW/EXW/PJ/DV) Steven M. Rinkavage

Command Master Chief, Naval Information Warfighting Development Center

19 November 2025

CMDCM (SWCC/IW/SW/EXW/PJ/DV) Steven M. Rinkavage, Command Master Chief, Naval Information Warfighting Development Center

CMDCM (SWCC/IW/SW/EXW/PJ/DV) Steven M. Rinkavage, Command Master Chief, Naval Information Warfighting Development Center

CMDCM (SWCC/IW/SW/EXW/PJ/DV) Steven M. Rinkavage, Command Master Chief, Naval Information Warfighting Development Center

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VIRIN: 251119-N-N0798-3003

Command Master Chief Steven M. Rinkavage hails from North Carolina.  He enlisted in the Navy in January 2000 and attended Basic Training at Recruit Training Center, Great Lakes, Ill.  He attended Seaman ATD School, SERE School, Special Warfare Combatant Craft Crewman School, Special Operations Combat Medic course, Basic Airborne Parachute course, Independent Duty Corpsman “C” School, Deep Sea Diving School, Recruit Division Commander School, Senior Enlisted Academy Class 199 Orange, Command Master Chief Course, and Advanced Command Master Chief Course class 001.

His sea duty assignments include USS Simpson (FFG-56), SBT-20 MKV Det IV, SBT 22 SOC-R RTU-THREE Iraq, EODMU2, NSWG-1 CJSOTF-I, USS Oakland Gold (LCS-24), and USS Pearl Harbor (LSD-52).  His sea duty includes multiple combat deployments to Iraq and 5^th, 6^th, and 7^th Fleet’s AOR.

Master Chief Rinkavage’s shore tours include NMCP Portsmouth, Va., NHCS Great Lakes, Ill., United States Naval Academy Annapolis, Md., and Navy Information Operations Command Pacific.

His current assignment is Command Master Chief, Naval Information Warfighting Development Center.

His personal decorations include the Meritorious Service medal (two awards), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (four awards), Army Commendation Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (five awards), Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal (six awards), as well as various unit awards, campaign and service decorations.