Episode 45: Life Lessons of a Command Master Chief ft. Leon Walker Jr

<p>Command Master Chief Leon R. Walker Jr hails from Cleveland, Ohio. He grew up in the inner city of Cleveland and East Cleveland where he struggled with numerous setbacks, downfalls, learning disabilities, addictions, lack of confidence, low self esteem, losing his home, from his parents divorce. Leon, through his trials and tribulations, became self sufficient, driven, focused and wanted something out of life, so by the age of 13, he worked several jobs to take care of himself and help his family. Leon ultimately graduated from Shaw High schooling 1983 from a class of 466 students, however, of those 466 students, Leon was the only to take the military entrance exam (ASVAB) 5 times, he was also the only one to fail it, four times. He eventually passed the military entrance exam on his fifth try, by 1 point. He scored a 31(the minimum) out of (a maximum) of 99. That 1 point would change his life, forever. Leon attended boot camp at Naval Station Great Lakes (then Naval Training Center) in November 1983. He attended Seaman ATD (now Boatswain&apos;s Mate &quot;A&quot; School) from January 14,1984 until March 14, 1984. He ultimately completed 32 years of honorable service in the U.S. Navy, impacting thousands of people. </p>--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. <a href='https://anchor.fm/app'>https://anchor.fm/app</a>Support this podcast: <a href='https://anchor.fm/anthane-richie/support' rel='payment'>https://anchor.fm/anthane-richie/support</a>