Previously Held NEC QM-0000-Quartermaster
OS-0000-Operations Specialist
OS-0346-AEGIS Console Operator Track 3
Service Years
1978 - 1999
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Operation Desert Storm
Operation Enduring Freedom
Order of the Ditch
Order of the Magellan
Order of the Shellback
Order of the Square Rigger
Panama Canal
Persian Excursion
Plank Owner
Official Badges
Unofficial Badges
Deployment - Western Pacific (WESTPAC) Cruise '84
From Month/Year
January / 1984
To Month/Year
October / 1985
Description A Western Pacific Cruise is a ship's deployment from her home port, usually lasting between 5 and 8 months. Ships visit different ports such as Phuket, Thailand; Salalah, Oman; Darwin, Australia, Bali, Jebel Ali, Singapore, United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong. The ships hosted foreign militaries, performed numerous underway replenishments-at-sea and conducted general quarters drills, fire drills and maritime patrols.
US Navy provides during these deployments provocative "freedom of navigation" operations, known as FONOPS, that send warships into the disputed areas around the world on any given year.
Any cruise is hazardous with sailors injured or killed during flight, refueling, ordnance, operations or weather; day or night. Foriegn military vessels threatening by fast approach to ramming. Often at times ships are endangered by low fly overs from hostile aircraft.