Frank C. Palmer was born in Seattle, Washington and has over 28 years of Fleet experience.

He joined the Navy 1993 as an Equipment Operator and throughout his 25-year career, he completed 15 deployments and 5 Operation Iraqi Freedom / Operation Enduring Freedom Deployments.  He transitioned to be a civilian in July of 2018 and joined the City of Ventura Fleet immediately after leaving Active Duty.

While on Active Duty, Frank managed four Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Table of Allowances (Fleets), 1,600 units of various transportation, power generation, earth moving and weight handling equipment in Guam, Okinawa, Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa, and various locations spread across 14 countries.

He also served as Executive Advisor to the (CEO) for formulating and executing organizational policies, training, scheduling and management of 580 personnel and $54M+ in operations in the Pacific region, providing construction projects, Humanitarian Assistance, contingency engineering, and emergency response.

He has numerous personal awards and citations, but his crown of awards is watching the folks he mentored underneath his charge, advance, and move on to greater things.  Planting the seed.

Frank is currently the Fleet Supervisor for the City of Ventura which he will tell you his passion is and always will be people; training, mentoring and leading.  His current fleet size is 454 units and recently re-accredited with the American Public Works Association.  He is an active advocate for Veterans.