Larry A. Wilske
A native of San Diego, California and is married with four children.
He enlisted in the Navy in 1983 and attended boot camp at Recruit Training Command, San Diego Calif. His follow on training includes Basic Seamanship, Operations Specialist “A” School, Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL Training, SEAL Delivery Vehicle Operators Course, Basic Airborne Training, Military Free Fall Training, Static Line and Free-fall Jumpmaster Training, Navy Instructor Training, Joint Special Operations University (Special Operations Battle Staff Training), Navy Senior Enlisted Academy, Navy Command Leadership School. His sea duty assignments include, Navy Wrestling Team, USS HEWITT (DD 966), SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team One, SEAL Team Three, Navy Parachute Team, SEAL Team Seven and Naval Special Warfare Group One.
His shore duty assignments include Naval Special Warfare Group One Logistics Support Unit One (LOGSU-1) and the Senior Enlisted Academy (Current).
In his 14 deployments, Master Chief Wilske has participated in Operation Desert Shield (SDV Team One), Operation Joint Guard, Bosnia (Team Leader reporting directly to MND Commander BG Ramsey (British Army), Operation Desert Thunder (Joint Special Operations Air Component, NAVSOF SEA), Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan (Joint Special Operations Task Force Operations, NAVSOF Component LCPO), and Operation Iraqi Freedom. He has also successfully participated in numerous overseas exercises in Joint, Combined and Multi-National environments.
He was selected to Command Master Chief in 2009 while he was serving as the Command Master Chief at SEAL Team Seven and a subsequent Command tour at LOGSU-1.
He reported to the Senior Enlisted Academy in August of 2011 as a Faculty Advisor.
SOCM (SEAL) Wilske is qualified to wear the SEAL Warfare insignia, the Surface Warfare Insignia, and the Air Warfare insignia. His personal awards include the Bronze Star Medal w/Combat V (two awards), the Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Commendation Medal (two awards), Navy Commendation Medal (three awards), Joint Achievement Medal, Navy Achievement Medal, Combat Action ribbon (two theaters) and various other unit service and campaign awards. He also attended San Diego Community District (S.D. Mesa and City Colleges), San Diego State University, and National University (BA, Business Management).
He is married to the former Therese A. Bernard from San Diego, California they have 4 children (Michelle, Chelsea, Brianna and Lorriane) and two Grand-children (Landon and Mackenzie).