NAVY
1996-Present

Commander Chris Martino is a Permanent Military Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the United States Naval Academy. He was commissioned a General Unrestricted Line Ensign through NROTC at the University of Notre Dame after receiving his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. He achieved a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has completed the Bettis Reactor Engineering School and was granted an associate degree in Italian from the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center. He has worked as an Engineer, Instrumentation and Control Division, NAVSEA 08K (Office of Naval Nuclear Propulsion), Crystal City, VA; as Assistant Operations Officer and Alfa Company Commander with U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion FIVE, Port Hueneme, CA; Program Manager for Electrical Transmission and Distribution Contracts, Iraq Project and Contracting Office (PCO), Baghdad, Iraq; Assistant Public Works Officer, Program Management Officer, Operations Officer, AROICC, ROICC, and Facilities, Engineering and Acquisition Division Director, Public Works Department, NAS Sigonella, Sicily; Seabee Enlisted Community Manager (BUPERS-325D), NSA Millington, Millington, TN; and Assistant Current Operations Officer (N3C1) and Current Operations Officer (N3C), Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC), JEB Little Creek-Fort Story, VA. He obtained his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in the state of California; a member of Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, SAME, and the Acquisition Professional Community; completed JPME Level I through the Air Command and Staff College; and is a Seabee Combat Warfare Officer. He is married to Laura (Richter) Martino and they have two children, Augustus and Francesca.

Honored by: The Martino and Richter families