The top enlisted sailor at Navy Region Mid-Atlantic died suddenly Monday night at his home in Portsmouth, Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Command Master Chief Gregg Snaza has been the top enlisted man <\/span>at NRMA since May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “We extend our deepest condolences to Master Chief Snaza’s wife and children, his family and his Navy family,” said Rear Adm. Rick Williamson, the head of Commander, <\/span>Navy Region Mid-Atlantic. “Master Chief Snaza served our nation, our Navy and Sailors with honor and distinction for more than 32 years. They are in our thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Snaza, 50, took <\/span>assumed his role at mid-Atlantic in June. He had <\/span>previously served as CMC of the carrier Eisenhower, Naval Station Norfolk, the destroyer Ross and the Multi-National Force \u2014\u00a0Iraq Strategic Effects (Communications Division) in Baghdad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In his career as a senior enlisted sailor, Snaza advocated for face-to-face leadership and moving away from over-reliance on impersonal forms of communication like emails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “I also expect leaders to get to know their Sailors to the point of understanding their goals and aspirations,” Snaza told the region’s newspaper, The Flagship, in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “I believe if you take genuine interest in your Sailors they will do amazing things when asked. Those who know me understand I firmly believe we use e–<\/span>mail way too much. I believe in face-to-face meetings with Sailors to not only pass information, but to actually communicate. I’ll take talking over e–<\/span>mail every day of the week.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Snaza joined the Navy in 1983 and served as a Navy journalist. He has served on the battleship Wisconsin, the cruiser Josephus Daniels, the carrier George Washington and the amphibious assault ship Kearsarge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Snaza is survived by his wife, two daughters, parents and a grandson, according to NRMA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The top enlisted sailor at Navy Region Mid-Atlantic died suddenly Monday night at his home in Portsmouth, Virginia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":71038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":65,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[12,65],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3231],"class_list":["post-37876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-your-navy"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"RQX5XJLDYVGTDDC7P3KQSVY6JY","arc_canonical_url":"\/news\/your-navy\/2015\/10\/27\/navy-region-mid-atlantic-s-top-sailor-dies-at-50\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"\n