After a successful career as a Chef, I decided to utilize my college education and go into business for myself, choosing to try my hand in the construction trades, falling back on the things I learned growing up on the farm and through working with my grandfather -- carpentry, masonry, and steelwork. I started Empire Construction Enterprises, LLC (www.empireconstructionofmichigan.com) in 1999 [originally formed as CL Brown's Aquatic Services in 1997), and have been serving the greater Southwest Michigan area from Muskegon to Ann Arbor and as far South as Indiana. I had the priviledge of working with some of the most talented Civil Engineers and 'Seabee' construction workers that the Navy had to offer. Between 2003 and 2013, I spent over six and a half years as a mobilized Reservist, (more like part-time Navy because there was a business still operating at home) deployed around the world to Crete, Italy, Spain, Germany, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Diego Garcia (BIOT), Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Comoros Island, Djibouti, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
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At Empire Construction Enterprises, LLC, it is our mission to be the most reliable full-service construction company in Michigan to offer new construction, remodeling, or improvement of single and multi-family homes, kitchens, bathrooms, windows, doors, siding, roofing, additions, garages, luxury swimming pools, and commercial buildings.
Operation Bahamas and Turks and Caicos (OPBAT) '88
From Month/Year
January / 1988
To Month/Year
December / 1988
Description U.S. and The Bahamas has permitted establishment of a significant interdiction and investigation infrastructure involving U.S. aircraft, ships, and personnel. Supported by INL, Operation Bahamas and Turks and Caicos (OPBAT) is a combined effort by The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands police and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to intercept loads of cocaine and conduct investigations. OPBAT employs U.S. Coast Guard, Navy and Army helicopters assigned to joint interdiction bases in Nassau, George Town, Great Inagua, and elsewhere. INL is assisting Bahamian security forces to develop a more effective maritime end-game capability.
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
January / 1988
To Month/Year
December / 1988
Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020
Personal Memories
People You Remember USS STUMP (DD-978)
Memories Intercepting narcotics traffic and seizing their dope. Pictures of it on the fantail.
