Griefs Too Heavy by Rachel Greenleaf!

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.”