Command Sergeant Major Martin R. Wells enlisted into the Army in May 1983 from Rockville, Md. He first served as a Lance Missile Crewmember at the 8th U.S. Army Field Artillery Detachment in Steenwick, Holland. Following this assignment, he served as an Instructor at the Field Artillery Center and School at Fort Sill, Okla. .

In 1988, Command Sergeant Major Wells was selected for recruiting duty and assigned to the Las Vegas Recruiting Company. His additional assignments within the Phoenix Recruiting Battalion included On-Production and Limited-Production Station Commander and Operations NCO.

Command Sergeant Major Wells was selected to become an instructor at the U.S. Army' s Recruiting and Retention School at Fort Jackson, S.C., in 1995. In 1997, he became the First Sergeant of New Haven Recruiting Company and then returned to Fort Jackson as a Division Chief for the Recruiting and Retention School from 2000 to 2001. After graduating from the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy in 2002, he was assigned as the Command Sergeant Major of the Des Moines Army Recruiting Battalion; a position he held until May 2004. Before he became the USAREC Command Sergeant Major in September 2006, he served as the Commandant of the Soldier Support Institute NCO Academy at Fort Jackson.

Command Sergeant Major Wells holds a Master' s Degree in Business Management from Webster University and a Bachelor' s Degree from Auburn University. His accomplishments include being named the 1994 USAREC Soldier of the Year, the 1995 Recruiting and Retention School NCO of the Year and the 1999 Albany Recruiting Battalion First Sergeant of the Year. He has also earned the Recruiter Ring and the Glenn E. Morrell Award.

He has graduated from all NCOES courses and several USAREC courses to include the Sergeants Major Course, First Sergeant Course, Station Commander Course and Guidance Counselor Course. His awards and decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters, Army Commendation Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters, and Army Achievement Medal with eight Oak Leaf Clusters.