Previously Held NEC SK-2821-Air Transportation Specialist
MCN-92MN-Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy
Service Years
1984 - 2008
Other Languages
Spanish
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Operation Desert Storm
Cold War
OPSAIL 200
Operation Enduring Freedom
Persian Excursion
Plank Owner
Official Badges
Unofficial Badges
Additional Information
What are you doing now:
Division Chair for Marketing, International Business, Logistics, Paralegal, Real Estate, Banking-Finance, and Translation & Interretation at Houston Community College.
Fishing when I can, enjoying Military retirement and collecting!
Other Comments:
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OEF - Afghanistan/Consolidation I (2001-06)
From Month/Year
December / 2001
To Month/Year
September / 2006
Description The United Nations authorized an international force – the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) – with a mandate to help the Afghans maintain security in Kabul and surrounding areas. Operating under U.S. General Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., ISAF included soldiers from 46 countries, with U.S. troops making up about half its force. ISAF was initially established as a stabilization force by the UN Security Council on 20 December 2001, to secure Kabul. Its mandate did not extend beyond this area for the first few years. On 11 August 2003, NATO assumed political command and coordination of ISAF. On 31 July 2006, ISAF assumed command of the south of the country, and by 5 October 2006, of the east.
Following a Loya jirga, tribal leaders and former exiles established an interim government in Kabul under Hamid Karzai. U.S. forces established their main base at Bagram airbase just north of Kabul. Kandahar airport also became an important U.S. base. Outposts were established in eastern provinces to hunt for Taliban and al-Qaeda fugitives.
