Griefs Too Heavy by Rachel Greenleaf!

The Fierce Female Network

Master Chief Mark Crampton was born on June 22, 1959 in Hamilton, Ohio to Phil and Marie Crampton. Mark served 27 years on active duty in the Naval Special Warfare community. He held multiple leadership positions from Leading Petty Officer, Platoon Chief and Command Master Chief of SEAL Team SEVEN, SEAL Team ONE and the Naval Special Warfare Center (BUD/S). He was a member of the Navy Leap Frogs Parachute Team and he also served as the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Special Operations Directorate of Iraq. He completed 10 deployments to Southeast and Southwest Asia, one deployment to Afghanistan and two deployments to Iraq. He earned two Bronze Star Medals, one with Combat “V” Distinguishing Device, two Combat Action Ribbons, and multiple personal and campaign medals. After military retirement he served 10 years as the Education Program Specialist/Instructor at Naval Special Warfare Center until his retirement in 2019. Most recently Mark was a member of the Training Cadre at SEALFIT. Mark was an avid history and adventure reader and was an outdoorsman through and through. He truly loved deep sea fishing on his sport fishing boat, hunting with his boys and his friends, wine tasting with his daughter, and planning family and friend BBQs and celebrations. Mark enjoyed the mission of planning and executing every event. Focused and driven, he had his own Purpose Statement and the first sentence reads, “I will love, protect, provide and promote my family, our community and our country.”