Stayed in Maine after retiring in 1994. Went to work for Bath Iron Works as an electrician building DDG-51 Class Aegis Destroyers. Current posistion is Supervisor, Electrical Test & Activation for DDG-1000 program. Also worked aboard NAS Brunswick as an electrician with the Public Works Department.
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To all my old shipmates: Drop me a line and let me know what you've been up to. It would be great to hear from you!
Operation Provide Promise (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
From Month/Year
July / 1992
To Month/Year
January / 1996
Description Operation Provide Promise was a humanitarian relief operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Yugoslav Wars, from 2 July 1992, to 9 January 1996, which made it the longest running humanitarian airlift in history.
By the end of the operation, aircraft from 21 countries had flown 12,886 sorties into Sarajevo, delivering 159,622 tons of food, medicine, and supplies and evacuating over 1,300 wounded people. The US flew 3,951 C-130, 236 C-141, and 10 C-17 airland sorties (delivering 62,801.5 tons), as well as 2,222 C-130 air-drop sorties.