Command Master Chief, NSA Bahrain
CMDCM Critides hails from Connecticut. After graduating, he enlisted in the Navy in August 2001 and attended boot camp at Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, IL. Upon completion of boot camp, he attended Operations Specialist "A" School at Fleet Combat Training Center Atlantic in Virginia Beach, VA. He is a graduate of the Navy's Senior Enlisted Academy and Command Master Chief/Chief of the Boat Course.