Previously Held NEC EO-5710-Advanced Equipment Operator
EO-0000-Equipment Operator
Service Years
1994 - 2021
Other Languages
Spanish
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Order of the Dirt Sailor
Order of the Sand Sailor
Plank Owner
Sandbox Sailor Operation Iraqi Freedom
Official Badges
Unofficial Badges
Additional Information
What are you doing now:
Chillaxin in Puerto Rico with the Family!
Operation Sea Signal (Cuba)
From Month/Year
January / 1994
To Month/Year
February / 1996
Description Operation Sea Signal was a United States Military humanitarian operation in the Caribbean in response to an influx of Cuban and Haitian migrants attempting to gain asylum in the United States. As a result, the migrants became refugees at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. The operation took place from August 1994 to February 1996 under Joint Task Force 160. The task force processed over 50,000 refugees as part of the operation. The U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy rescued refugees from the sea and other migrants attempted to cross the landmine field that then separated the U.S. and Cuban military areas. Soldiers, Airmen, and Marines provided refugee camp security at Guantanamo Bay, and ship security on board the Coast Guard cutters. This mass exodus led to the U.S. immigration implementation of the Wet Feet Dry Feet Policy. The mass Cuban exodus of 1994 was similar to the Mariel boat lift in 1980.
