Previously Held NEC SN-0000-Seaman
00E-Unknown NEC/Rate
IC-4746-Closed Circuit TV Technician
IC-4743-Integrated Launch & Recov TV Survelliance (ILARTS) Sys Maint Tech
IC-0000-Interior Communications Electrician
IC-9502-Instructor
Service Years
1973 - 2008
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Gulf of Tonkin Yacht Club
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Order of the Arctic Circle (Bluenose)
Order of the Ditch
Order of the Rock
Order of the Shellback
Persian Excursion
Safari To Suez
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.