Mullen, Michael, PHC

Photographer's Mate

TWS Ribbon Bar

Service Photo

Service Details

Current Service Status
USN Retired

Current/Last Rank
Chief Petty Officer

Current/Last Primary NEC
PH-9585-Navy Recruiter Canvasser

Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Photographer's Mate

Primary Unit
1980-1984, PH-0000, Naval Support Force Antarctica (NSFA)

Previously Held NEC
PH-0000-Photographer's Mate

Service Years
1975 - 1997

Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates

Cold War

Domain of the Emperor Penguin

Mossback

Order of the Antarctic Circle

Order of the Penguin

Order of the Shellback

Order of the Golden Shellback

Order of the Golden Dragon

Persian Excursion

Society of the South Pole

Tailhook

Operation Southern Watch

Realm of the South Wind

Official Badges

Navy Recruiting Gold Wreath Award (10th)

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations

National Association of Naval Photography

Old Antarctic Explorers Association (OAEA)


	1976, Fleet Reserve Association (FRA), Branch 94 (Member) (Corpus Christi, Texas) - Chap. Page
	1992, United States Navy Memorial - Assoc. Page
	1993, National Association of Naval Photography - Assoc. Page
	1994, American Legion, Post 820 (Life Member) (Imperial Beach, California) - Chap. Page
	1994, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW), Post 9534, Mannheimer Post (Life Member) (APO, AE) - Chap. Page
	1997, Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Chapter 42 (Member) (Grand Prairie, Texas) - Chap. Page
	2009, Old Antarctic Explorers Association (OAEA) - Assoc. Page

Remembrance Profiles - 1 Sailor Remembered

Mullen, Lee, PO2, (1947-1975)

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 August / 1992	To Month/Year December / 1992

Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020

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