MSC Ship Support Unit Guam

MSC Ship Support Unit (SSU) Guam provides operations, logistics, maintenance, and administrative support for all MSC operated, controlled, and interest vessels in support of the Type Commander and/or as directed by the Area Commander in support of the Fleet Commander.

Leadership

Commanding Officer

Commander Kristopher M. Blandin
Commanding Officer
Military Sealift Command, Ship Support Unit, Guam

A native of Boise, Idaho, Cmdr. Blandin enlisted in the Navy in 1997 as a fire controlman and served aboard USS Exxex (LHD 2) and USS Belleau Wood (LHA 3) as a CIWS technician. Upon selection to the STA-21 program he graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science in 2007. He holds a master’s degree in Systems Engineering and Analysis from the Naval Postgraduate School.

His sea assignments include serving as anti-terrorism officer and anti-submarine warfare officer aboard USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) and damage control assistant aboard USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79). He served his Department Head Tours onboard USS Anzio (CG 68) as the weapons officer and as administrative officer and senior watch officer in Amphibious Squadron FOUR (CPR 4). During his Post Department Head tour he served as damage control assistant aboard USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77). During his last assignment, he served as executive officer of PCD/PCU USS Richard M. McCool JR. (LPD 29).

Cmdr. Blandin's shore tours include student assignments to the University of Colorado at Boulder and Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey. His staff assignments include serving as operations officer and chief engineer at Afloat Training Group, Norfolk, Va., and a brief stop at Consolidated Naval Brig Chesapeake.

Deputy Director

Mr. Gregory S. Davis
Deputy Director and Operations Officer
Military Sealift Command, Ship Support Unit, Guam

Mr. Davis was born in Bloomington, Ind., attended schools in Indiana, California, and Tennessee, and was commissioned an ensign in the U.S. Navy through the NROTC program in May 1978 upon graduation from that great seafaring institution, the University of Kansas. He served multiple tours at sea based out of Yokosuka, Japan and ashore in Okinawa, Panama, and Guam prior to leaving the Navy in December 1988.

After working in the commercial maritime sector and becoming a licensed Master (near coastal limited tonnage – with a submersible endorsement!), Mr. Davis entered federal civil service as the U.S. Naval Activities Guam (now US Naval Base Guam) Port Control Officer in January 1994. In April 1995 he moved to MSC WESTPAC (now MSC SSU Guam) as the operations officer and has, since then, seen MSC in Guam through numerous changes as both deputy director and operations officer.

Mr. Davis has made multiple deployments to both Thailand and Australia in support of MSC operations and is a recipient of the Meritorious Civilian Service Medal.

Senior Enlisted Leader

Senior Chief Hospital Corpsman Alex J. Valencia
Senior Enlisted Leader
Military Sealift Command, Ship Support Unit, Guam

HMCS Alex Valencia is from Tucson, Ariz., and enlisted in the Navy in August 2004. He finished Hospital Corpsman "A" School on February 2005 with follow-on orders to Pharmacy Technician "C" School, Portsmouth, Va. via Field Medical Service School, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

He graduated Pharmacy Technician "C" School in December 2005, and then reported to U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka, Japan. He deployed with Expeditionary Medical Facility (Det Echo) to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2007.

Upon his return in 2008, reported to Naval Medical Center San Diego, where he deployed with Marine Wing Support Squadron 373 to Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan 2010-11. He then reported to Independent Duty Corpsman "C" School in San Diego, CA, from February 2012- March 2013.

He reported to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines (REIN) in Kaneohe, Hawaii, in March 2013 to May 2016 and deployed twice to the Western Pacific. In May 2016, he reported to Naval School of Explosive Ordinance Disposal Eglin AFB, Fla. as an instructor, where he qualified as a hyperbaric chamber inside tender.

He reported to the USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) in March 2019 through July 2022 for independent duty, and completed an austere work up cycle and deployment to the Western Pacific.

Senior Chief Valencia has qualified as a Master Training Specialist, Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist, Enlisted Air Warfare Specialist, and Enlisted Fleet Marine Force Warfare Specialist in the Ground and Air Combat Element.

His personal awards include the Joint Commendation Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (5), Army Achievement Medal, and the Afghanistan Campaign medal.

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Staff Phone Numbers:

N3 Comm: (671) 339-2088

N4 Comm: (671) 339-8041

N6 Comm: (671) 339-5656

N7 Comm: (671) 339-6046

N8 Comm: (671) 339-3542

N10 Comm: (671) 339-2082

OMBUDSMAN Comm: (671) 698-1554
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Mailing address:

MSC SSU Guam
PSC 455 Box 198
FPO AP 96540-2600

Via Fedex/UPS/DHL address:
Bldg 3110, Naval Base Guam,
Santa Rita, Guam 96915

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