Previously Held NEC ST-0414-AN/SQS-53B Sonar Subsystem Level II Technician
MA-9545-Law Enforcement Specialist
9502-Instructor
Service Years
1988 - 2009
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Cold War
Order of the Horned Shellback
Neptune Subpoena
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Order of the Magellan
Order of the Ditch
Order of the Rock
Order of the Spanish Main
Panama Canal
Persian Excursion
Plank Owner
Suez Canal
Official Badges
Unofficial Badges
OEF - Afghanistan/Consolidation I (2001-06)
From Month/Year
December / 2001
To Month/Year
September / 2006
Description The United Nations authorized an international force – the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) – with a mandate to help the Afghans maintain security in Kabul and surrounding areas. Operating under U.S. General Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., ISAF included soldiers from 46 countries, with U.S. troops making up about half its force. ISAF was initially established as a stabilization force by the UN Security Council on 20 December 2001, to secure Kabul. Its mandate did not extend beyond this area for the first few years. On 11 August 2003, NATO assumed political command and coordination of ISAF. On 31 July 2006, ISAF assumed command of the south of the country, and by 5 October 2006, of the east.
Following a Loya jirga, tribal leaders and former exiles established an interim government in Kabul under Hamid Karzai. U.S. forces established their main base at Bagram airbase just north of Kabul. Kandahar airport also became an important U.S. base. Outposts were established in eastern provinces to hunt for Taliban and al-Qaeda fugitives.
