Waller-Harold

Official Navy Biography
Master Chief Avionics Technician
Air Warfare/Naval Aircrewman
Harold Wesley Waller
Master Chief Petty Officer Waller is a native of Tyler, Texas and enlisted in the Navy in September, 1976 in Waipahu, Hawaii. He entered active duty on March 1, 1977 in Dallas, Texas and attended Boot Camp at RTC San Diego, California. MCPO Waller graduated from Avionics Class A and Advanced First Term Avionics courses in June, 1978 at NATTC Memphis, Tennessee.
Master Chief Waller has been a Contract Training Specialist with PERS-6 (NPMC/MWR) since September, 1996 and in the Curriculum and Instructional Standards Department of Naval Air Maintenance Training Group Headquarters, Naval Support Activity Memphis since April 22, 1994. His previous assignments include tours with USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72), ATTACK SQUADRON NINE FIVE, NAVAL AIR MAINTENANCE TRAINING GROUP DETACHMENT 1079, AND FLEET AIR RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON FOUR.
While attached to VQ-4 at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, Master Chief Waller accumulated over 3,100 flight hours in the EC-130 TACAMO aircraft as a First Flight Technician and Airborne Communications Supervisor. Upon graduating from Avionics Intermediate Class C7 school at NATTC Memphis in 1984, he returned to NAS Patuxent River, helping to establish the new NAMTRAGRUDET for EC-130 Special Mission Systems. As the In-Flight Technician course supervisor and the detachment Assistant CPOIC, Master Chief Waller helped coordinate the transitional training for the U. S. Navy?s new, E-6A TACAMO aircraft and served with the French Air Force in Bordeaux, France flying in the C-160H ASTARTE aircraft.
Before reporting to VA-95 in March, 1989, Master Chief Waller attended the U. S. Army Sergeants Major Academy at Ft. Bliss, in El Paso, Texas, graduating with Class 32 in January, 1989. He deployed onboard USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65) for her 1989-90 World cruise. As acting Command Master Chief, he helped ready VA-95 for its initial deployment onboard USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN for her South American homeport transit. Master Chief Waller joined the ship?s company onboard LINCOLN, deploying to the Western Pacific and Arabian Gulf from June to November 1991, participating in Operation Fiery Vigil in the Phillippines during the Mt. Pinatubo eruption and again deploying to the Western Pacific, Arabian Gulf, and Somalia from June to November, 1993.
Receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in 1985 from the University of the State of New York, Master Chief Waller attended the University of Maryland, University College Graduate School in College Park, Maryland enrolled in the Master of Science in Technology Management program. He continued graduate studies at Webster University in El Paso, Texas.
Master Chief Waller's decorations and awards include the Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Achievement Medal, Joint Meritorious Unit Commendation, Meritorious Unit Citation, Navy Battle 'E', Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal, Overseas Service and Sea Service Deployment Ribbons, and the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait).
Master Chief Waller is married to the former Lisa Renee' Carey of Memphis, Tennessee. Lisa Renee' and their daughter, Amanda Leanne reside in Memphis, Tennessee.