CMDCM Sol F. Benavides
Command Master Chief, USS Laboon (DDG 58)
08 October 2024
Command Master Chief Benavides is a native of Los Angeles, CA. She enlisted in the Navy on 21 June 2005. After completing basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, IL, she completed FC ‘A’ school at NTC Great Lakes, IL and CIWS ‘C’ school in San Diego, CA.
Her assignments include USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72), NAVSEA Southwest Regional Maintenance Center, USS TRUXTUN (DDG 103), PCD LYNDON B JOHNSON (DDG 1002), USS MICHAEL MONSOOR (DDG 1001), and COMNAVSURFLANT. She has completed deployments to the Western Pacific, Baltic Operations, and 5
th Fleet operating areas, including an Individual Augmentee assignment to Combined Air and Operations Center in Camp Al Udeid, Qatar.
After being selected to the Command Senior Enlisted Leader program she reported to Fleet Area Control and Surveillance Facilities, Virginia Capes (FACSFAC VACAPES) in December 2022 as the Command Senior Chief.
Master Chief Benavides is a graduate of the Senior Enlisted Academy and Command Master Chief/Chief of the Boat course. Her personal awards include the Meritorious Service Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, and various unit and campaign service ribbons.