Command Master Chief, NSF Diego Garcia
Master Chief Hospital Corpsman Anthony Royal was raised in Birmingham, Alabama and enlisted in the Navy on November 22, 1988. He completed Recruit Training and Hospital Corps “A” School in Great lakes, IL; Field Medical Service School in Camp Johnson, NC; Expeditionary Combat Skill in Gulfport, MS; Riverine Combat Skill in Camp Lejeune, NC; earned his Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration in Health Care Management from Saint Leo University; a graduate of Senior Enlisted Academy class 195; and Command Master Chief & Chief of the Boat Course (A-570-4500) Class 20040. Royal served six years ten months and 28 days on active duty during his first enlistment before transferring to the Naval Reserves, where he would spend the next six years. After the cowardly act of terrorists on September 11, 2001 Royal accepted a reduction of rank of three pay grades returning him to E-3 in order to return to active duty on November 28, 2001 where he continues to honorably serve his country to this day.