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I started out by updating and correcting the Awards and Decorations sections for Medal of Honor recipients of Battle of Mogadishu (1993), Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom and The Global War On Terrorism, but have since been watching over pages of many other heroes. It has been an honor to serve, in my own little way, those who have served and honored us.

I was assigned to the World Famous Blue Sharks of Patrol Squadron Six under the command of Patrol Wing Two stationed at Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Hawai'i. I was temporarily assigned to the Blue Geese of Patrol Squadron Twenty Two for 3 months while they were deployed to Naval Air Facility Adak, Alaska. I flew as a Naval Aircrewman, In-flight Aviation Electronics Technician, aboard P-3B MOD aircraft and deployed throughout the Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, the Middle East and Africa.

where I was stationed edit

• Naval Training Center Orlando, bootcamp, Oct. 1984 - Dec. 1984
• Naval Air Station Memphis for Aviation Electronics Schools (Basic Electricity and Electronics ("B double E") and Advanced First Term Avionics (AFTA), Jan. 1985 - Dec. 1985
• Naval Air Station Pensacola for Naval Aircrewman Candidate School, Jan. 1986 - Feb. 1986
• Naval Base Coronado and Navy Remote Training Site Warner Springs, for S.E.R.E. School, Level C (Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape), Feb. 1986 - Mar. 1986
• Naval Air Station Moffett Field for P-3B Mod In-Flight Aviation Electronics Technician (IFT) training with Patrol Squadron 31, Patrol Wing 10, Mar. 1986 - Sep. 1986
• Naval Air Station Barbers Point assigned to the "World Famous" Blue Sharks of Patrol Squadron 6, Patrol Wing 2, Sep. 1986 - Oct. 1990

Deployment bases edit

• Naval Air Station Cubi Point, Philippines 1986 and 1989
• Misawa Air Base, Japan 1986
• Naval Air Facility Adak, Alaska summer 1987 with VP-22, winter of 1987/88 with VP-6
• Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia, 1988

• United States of America

• Alaska - deployment to Naval Air Facility Adak and detachments to Elmendorf Air Force Base and Eielson Air Force Base, winter of 1987-1988
• California - Naval Base Coronado for S.E.R.E. School, February - March 1986, Naval Air Station Moffett Field for P-3B Orion training, March - September 1986
• Florida - Naval Training Center Orlando for bootcamp, October 1984 - December 1984, Naval Air Station Pensacola for Naval Aircrewman Candidate School, January - February 1986
• Hawaii - stationed at Naval Air Station Barbers Point, September 1986 - October 1990
• Tennessee - Naval Air Station Memphis for aviation electronics training, January - December 1985
• Washington - transported Navy Admiral to Boeing Field for meetings (beginning of the P-8 Poseidon program?)

• International
•  British Indian Ocean Territory - deployment to Diego Garcia, 1988
•  Brunei - detachment, 1989
•  Canada - detachment Victoria, British Columbia; Vancouver Island, 1988
•  Djibouti - detachment, 1988
•  Guam - stopover on our way to the Philippines, 1988
•  Hong Kong - detachment, 1987
•  Japan - deployment to Misawa, 1986; detachment to Atsugi, 1988
• Johnston Atoll - transported and Air Force Captain there for some reason and took a tour which included the underground storage of leftover Agent Orange. We couldn't get out of there fast enough! 1987
•  Mauritius - detachment on Search And Rescue mission, 1988
• Midway Islands - several detachments, 1987, 1988 and 1989
•  Oman - detachment to Masirah Island for Operation Earnest Will, 1989
•  Philippines - 2 deployments to Naval Air Station Cubi Point, 1986 and 1989
•  South Korea - detachment to Osan / Osan Air Base, 1987
•  Soviet Union ("visited" several times without actually being there; that's all I can say), 1987-1988