Master Chief Melleby assumed the duties as Command Senior Enlisted Leader for the Oceania District on May 15, 2025. As the Command Senior Enlisted Leader, he provides enlisted perspective to the Commander on all workforce matters and Coast Guard missions throughout Oceania, including Hawaii, Guam, the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and activities in Singapore and Japan.
Most recently, Master Chief Melleby served as a Faculty Advisor at the U.S. Navy Senior Enlisted Academy in Newport, Rhode Island from 2021-2025.
Master Chief Melleby previously served as a Silver Badge Command Senior Enlisted Leader for Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England in Woods Hole, MA and Coast Guard Sector Boston in Boston, MA. His additional assignments include Pacific Area/District 11 Command Center, Alameda, CA; Leadership and Management School Instructor, Petaluma, CA; USCGC MUNRO (WHEC-724) Alameda, CA; Coast Guard Headquarters Office of Defense Operations (G-OPD) Washington, DC; and Communication Station Kodiak (NOJ), Kodiak, AK. In addition to these assignments, Master Chief Melleby deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom with U.S. Naval Forces Expeditionary Strike Group-Five - USS BONHOME RICHARD.
Master Chief Melleby is a graduate of the Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Academy Class 136 and Coast Guard Senior Enlisted Leader Course Class 36. Additionally Master Chief Melleby is a proud graduate from several Department of War Senior Enlisted Leader Institutions to include the U.S. Navy Senior Enlisted Academy Class 197-Blue, U.S. Air Force Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Academy Class 20-B, U.S. Navy Command Master Chief / Chief of the Boat Course, and the Joint Special Operations Forces Senior Enlisted Academy Class 57. Master Chief Melleby is also a graduate of the National Defense University Senior Enlisted Joint Professional Military Education Course Class 1302-B.
Master Chief Melleby is a native of Erial, New Jersey and enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard in February 2001 as a member of boot camp company J-159. Prior to enlisting in the U.S. Coast Guard, Master Chief Melleby also served in the U.S. Army from 1997-2000, serving as a combat arms solider for the “Big Red One,” Charlie Battery 4th Battalion 3rd Air Defense Artillery, Fort Riley, KS.