Previously Held NEC ABH-9508-Aviation Boatswain's Mate Aircraft Handling
Service Years
1981 - 1993
Other Languages
Russian
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Cold War
Great Lakes
Order of the Horned Shellback
Order of the Ditch
Persian Excursion
Suez Canal
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Operation Jittery Prop (Nicaragua)
From Month/Year
February / 1982
To Month/Year
September / 1983
Description Various ships from the East Coast forward deployed to Rodman NB, Panama. These ships conducted SIGINT off the coast of Nicaragua and Gulf of Fonseca. This operation was to intercept radio traffic related to arms shipments and to pin point locations of Nicaraguan military and Salvavadoran radio transmitters.