Previously Held NEC CTO-0000-Cryptologic Technician Communications
RM-0000-Radioman
RM-2371-Automated Systems Operator
Service Years
1978 - 1998
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Cold War
Neptune Subpoena
Order of the Arctic Circle (Bluenose)
Order of the Ditch
Order of the Shellback
Panama Canal
Suez Canal
Official Badges
Unofficial Badges
Operation Bahamas and Turks and Caicos (OPBAT) '88
From Month/Year
January / 1988
To Month/Year
December / 1988
Description U.S. and The Bahamas has permitted establishment of a significant interdiction and investigation infrastructure involving U.S. aircraft, ships, and personnel. Supported by INL, Operation Bahamas and Turks and Caicos (OPBAT) is a combined effort by The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands police and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to intercept loads of cocaine and conduct investigations. OPBAT employs U.S. Coast Guard, Navy and Army helicopters assigned to joint interdiction bases in Nassau, George Town, Great Inagua, and elsewhere. INL is assisting Bahamian security forces to develop a more effective maritime end-game capability.