Butler, Chris, IT1

Information Systems Technician

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Service Details

Current Service Status
USN Retired

Current/Last Rank
Petty Officer First Class

Current/Last Primary NEC
IT-2379-Transmission System Technician

Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Information Systems Technician

Primary Unit
2006-2009, IT-2379, USS Chancellorsville (CG-62)

Previously Held NEC
DP-0000-Data Processing Technician
DP-2750-Small Computer System Specialist
9517-3-M System Coordinator
IT-2306-Computer Based Training Technician
IT-2735-Information Systems Administrator
IT-9502-Instructor
90MN-Individual GWOT IA/ILO Multi-National Force

Service Years
1989 - 2009

Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates

Cold War

Neptune Subpoena

Operation Enduring Freedom

Order of the Sand Sailor

Order of the Shellback

Order of the Golden Dragon

Persian Excursion

Plank Owner

Sailor of the Quarter

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations

United States Navy Cruiser Sailors Association

National Association of Destroyer Veterans (Tin Can Sailors)

United States Navy Radioman Association (USNRMA)


	1999, United States Navy Memorial - Assoc. Page
	2004, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Post 1512, Encanto Post (Member) (Lemon Grove, California) - Chap. Page
	2009, American Legion, Post 1000 (Member) (San Francisco, California) - Chap. Page
	2011, Fleet Reserve Association (FRA) - Assoc. Page
	2013, Disabled American Veterans (DAV) - Assoc. Page
	2014, United States Navy Cruiser Sailors Association - Assoc. Page
	2014, Navy Data Processor's Association
	2014, United States Naval Institute - Assoc. Page
	2014, National Association of Destroyer Veterans (Tin Can Sailors) - Assoc. Page
	2021, United States Navy Radioman Association (USNRMA) - Assoc. Page
	2022, Plankowners of the National Museum of the Surface Navy, Plankowners (United States) - Chap. Page

Remembrance Profiles - 2 Sailors Remembered

Blake, Shannon, CPO, (2000-2013)

Martin, Alan, SA, (1970-1975)

Operation Southern Watch (Iraq)
From Month/Year August / 1992	To Month/Year March / 2003
Description Operation Southern Watch was an air-centric military operation conducted by the United States Department of Defense from Summer 1992 to Spring 2003. United States Central Command's Joint Task Force Southwest Asia (JTF-SWA) had the mission of monitoring and controlling the airspace south of the 32nd Parallel (extended to the 33rd Parallel in 1996) in southern and south-central Iraq during the period following the end of the 1991 Gulf War until the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Operation Southern Watch began on 27 August 1992 with the stated purpose of ensuring Iraqi compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 688 (UNSCR 688) of 5 April 1991, which demanded that Iraq "immediately end this repression and express the hope in the same context that an open dialogue will take place to ensure that the human and political rights of all Iraqi citizens are respected." Nothing in the resolution spelled out the Iraqi no-fly zones or Operation Southern Watch. Iraqi bombing and strafing attacks against the Shi’ite Muslims in Southern Iraq during the remainder of 1991 and during 1992 indicated Saddam Hussein chose not to comply with the resolution. Forces from Saudi Arabia, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France participated in Operation Southern Watch. The commander of JTF-SWA, an aeronautically rated United States Air Force (USAF) Major General, assisted by an aeronautically designated United States Navy (USN) Rear Admiral, reported directly to the Commander, United States Central Command (USCENTCOM). Military engagements in Southern Watch occurred with regularity, with Coalition aircraft routinely being shot at by Iraqi air defense forces, though they were usually only reported in the Western press occasionally. An intensification was noted prior to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, though it was said at the time to just be in response to increasing activity by Iraqi air-defense forces. It is now known that this increased activity occurred during an operation known as Operation Southern Focus.

My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year January / 1993	To Month/Year December / 1993

Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020

Personal Memories
Memories Deployments for COMCARGRU 3 onboard USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72)

My Photos From This Battle or Operation

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