Previously Held NEC 8819-P-3 Organizational Apprentice Maintenance Technician
8319-P-3 System Organization Maintenance Technician
AD-8800-Aviation Machinist Mate Maintenance Control Chief
Service Years
1998 - Present
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Order of the Rock
Order of the Magellan
Order of the Shellback
Safari To Suez
Sandbox Sailor Operation Iraqi Freedom
Suez Canal
Persian Excursion
Official Badges
Unofficial Badges
NEO - Operation Shining Express (Liberia)
From Month/Year
July / 2003
To Month/Year
August / 2003
Description As violence in Liberia increased in mid June 2003 the US Ambassador to Liberia requested military aid in the event that embassy personnel and American citizens had to be evacuated from the country.
Operation Shining Express was the July 2003 deployment of an American naval task force, consisting of the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) and support, to rescue U.S. embassy personnel and American citizens during the Second Liberian Civil War. The deployment was announced on June 13, 2003 and lasted until July 2003.
It followed the successful 1990 rescue effort in Liberia, Operation Sharp Edge.
