Previously Held NEC AK-0000-Aviation Storekeeper
SK-0000-Storekeeper
Service Years
1995 - 2015
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Decommissioning
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Order of the Rock
Order of the Shellback
Order of the Golden Dragon
Suez Canal
Official Badges
Unofficial Badges
Additional Information
What are you doing now:
Trout Fishing in the streams of Pennsylvania. Golfing on the local golf courses. Enjoying retirement!!!
NEO - Operation Shining Express (Liberia)
From Month/Year
July / 2003
To Month/Year
August / 2003
Description As violence in Liberia increased in mid June 2003 the US Ambassador to Liberia requested military aid in the event that embassy personnel and American citizens had to be evacuated from the country.
Operation Shining Express was the July 2003 deployment of an American naval task force, consisting of the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) and support, to rescue U.S. embassy personnel and American citizens during the Second Liberian Civil War. The deployment was announced on June 13, 2003 and lasted until July 2003.
It followed the successful 1990 rescue effort in Liberia, Operation Sharp Edge.
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
July / 2003
To Month/Year
August / 2003
Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020
Personal Memories
Memories 105 days off the coast of Liberia without going ashore. Longest time I ever spent at sea without going ashore.