Previously Held NEC AO-6802-Strike Intermediate Armament Maintenanceman
AO-6801-Air Launch Weapons Technician
Service Years
1983 - 2009
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Operation Enduring Freedom
Official Badges
Unofficial Badges
Operation El Dorado Canyon (Libya)
From Month/Year
April / 1986
To Month/Year
April / 1986
Description The 1986 United States bombing of Libya, code-named Operation El Dorado Canyon, comprised air strikes by the United States against Libya on Tuesday, 15 April 1986. The attack was carried out by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps via air strikes, in retaliation for the 1986 Berlin discotheque bombing. There were 40 reported Libyan casualties, and one U.S. plane was shot down. One of the Libyan dead was a baby girl, who was reported to be Gaddafi's daughter, Hanna Gaddafi. However, there were doubts as to whether she was really killed, or whether she really even existed.
