Command Senior Chief Petty Officer Keith T. Wells is a native of Biloxi, MS, and was raised in Moss Point, MS, where he graduated from Moss Point High School in May 2002. He began his naval career in August 2002 at Recruit Training Command, followed by Hospital Corpsman “A” School in Great Lakes, IL.
He reported to his first duty station at Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune, NC, where he worked as a general duty Corpsman on the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) floor. He then transferred to Field Medical Service School (FMSS), Camp Johnson, NC, in March of 2005. Upon graduation from FMSS he executed orders to 3D Force Service Support Group, Okinawa, Japan, in May 2005. He was assigned to Charlie Company, Camp Schwab, where he advanced to Petty Officer Third Class.
He was deployed as an Individual Augmentee to Iraq in August 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. There he was assigned to an Army Special Police Transition Team at Forward Operating Base Rustamiyah. He departed Iraq Feb 2006 to return to Okinawa, where he advanced to Second Class Petty Officer.
He departed Okinawa in October 2008 and arrived at Naval School of Health Sciences as a student to attend Advanced Radiological Technician School. Upon graduation, he reported to Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan Branch Health Clinic as the sole Advanced Radiological Technician in January 2010. He then executed orders to the Radiology Department, Naval Hospital Lemoore in February 2011. He advanced to First Class Petty Officer and was hand-selected to perform as the Command Career Counselor.
He reported to USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) Sasebo, Japan, in January 2014 as a Radiological Technician. He was later selected to serve as the Medical/Dental Department Leading Petty Officer.
He reported to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Falls Church, VA, in January 2017 where he performed as the Command Career Counselor. He was selected to Chief Petty Officer in September 2017 and was re-purposed as the Leading Chief Petty Officer of the Administration Department.
He was later selected to perform as the Executive Assistant to the Director, Hospital Corps until his departure in August 2020. He executed orders to 3d Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan, in August 2020 to serve as the 3d Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment Leading Chief Petty Officer.
In February 2021 he earned to role as the 12th Marine Regiment Naval Senior Enlisted Leader. In June 2022 he was selected to Senior Chief Petty Officer and in January 2023 he was appointed as the 3d Marine Division Senior Enlisted Medical Advisor to the Division Surgeon until his departure in December 2023. He then served the Uniform Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, as the Brigade First Sergeant from December 2023 to August 2024.
In March 2024 he was selected to serve the Navy as a Command Senior Enlisted Leader.
His personal awards and warfare qualifications consist of: The Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (4), Good Conduct Medal (6), Enlisted Fleet Marine Force Warfare Specialist, Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist, and the Air Warfare Specialist.
He is married to his best friend and the love of his life, Mrs. Takami Wells, and they have a four-year-old son, Tejuan Kirato Wells.
Last Updated: 24 September 2024