Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (5), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (4), Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Navy Unit Commendation (2), Meritorious Unit Commendation (2), Navy “E” Ribbon (3), Navy Good Conduct Medal (3), Navy Expeditionary Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2), Southwest Asia Service Medal (2), Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (5), Kuwait Liberation (Kuwait), Meritorious Service Medal (MSM), Surface Warfare Officers Pin, Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist (ESWS), Enlisted Aviation Warfare Specialist (EAWS)

Certificates:

Order of Magellan (Transiting around the world)

Order of the Ditch (Transiting the Panama Canal)

Order of the golden Dragon (Transiting the international date line)

Safari to Suez  (Transiting the Suez canal)

Last Duty Station:  SWOSCOLCOM, Newport, RI

Served onboard the:

USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) (formerly CVA-67) is the only ship of her class (a variant of the Kitty Hawk class of aircraft carrier) and the last conventionally powered carrier built for the United States Navy.  The ship is named after the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, and is nicknamed “Big John”.  Kennedy was originally designated a CVA (fixed wing attack carrier); however, the designation was changed to CV to denote that the ship was capable of anti-submarine warfare, making her an all-purpose carrier.

Commander Naval Air Forces – Force DCA 2002-2004

USNS RAINIER (T-AOE 7) 1999-2002

USNS Rainier (T-AOE-7), is a Supply-Class fast combat support ship and the third US Navy vessel named after Mount Rainier.  The ship was christened on 28 September 1991 by the ship’s sponsor, Mrs. Suzanne Callison Dicks, wife of Congressman Norm Dicks, and commissioned as “USS Rainier (AOE-7)”, on 21 January 1995 at Bremerton, Washington.

USS Nimitz(CVN 68) 1995-1999

USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is a supercarrier of the United States Navy, and the lead ship of her class.  One of the largest warships in the world, she was laid down, launched and commissioned as CVAN-68 but was later re-designated CVN-68 (nuclear-powered multi-mission aircraft carrier) on 30 June 1975 as part of the fleet realignment.

The ship was named for World War II Pacific Fleet Commander Chester W. Nimitz, USN, (1885-1966), who was the Navy’s third fleet admiral.  Nimitz had her homeport at Naval Station Norfolk until 1987, when she was relocated to Naval Station Bremerton in Washington State (now part of Naval Base Kitsap).  Following her Refueling and Complex Overhaul in 2001, her home port was changed to Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego County, California.  The home port of Nimitz was again moved to Naval Station Everett in Washington State in 2012.

Fleet Training Center San Diego (FTC) 1992-1995

USS REASONER (FF 1063) 1989-1992

Reasoner first deployed with HSL 31 “Lamps” SH2D in 1973 to Southeast Asia and took part in Operation End Sweep (the removal of mines in Haiphong Harbor). Reasoner was decommissioned on 28 August 1993, and subsequently leased to Turkey, where the ship was recommissioned as Kocatepe. On 22 February 2002, she was finally purchased by Turkey. On 4 May 2005, the ship was used as a target and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea.

USS BARBEY (FF 1088) 1985-1989

In June 1990 Barbey sailed from her homeport of San Diego on a regularly scheduled deployment to the Persian Gulf.  During her transit to the Western Pacific she made port visits in Hawaii, the Philippines, Singapore and Penang Maylasia. She arrived at her destination on 1 August 1990. The Barbey and her crew transitioned from a peacetime deployment in a moderate threat environment, to a wartime deployment when the forces of Iraq, under the orders of Saddam Hussein, invaded the Emirate of Kuwait. The Barbey, and her sailing mate for the transit, the USS England, were immediately employed in Naval Operations to enforce the sanctions specified by UN Resolutions. During her deploymnet in the AG the USS Barbey and her embarked helicopter detachment, HSL-35 “Magus 32” provided support for the UN Resolutions and performed more surface ship interdiction intercepts than any other fleet unit in the AG during the period. Throughout the buildup of forces in support of Operation Desert Shield, Barbey‘s assets were utilized in interdiction and escort operations until she was relieved by the USS Marvin Shields. Upon detaching from COMMIDEASTFOR she made her way back home with stops in the Philippines, Hong Kong and Hawaii. The Barbey arrived in San Diego on 21 December 1990 and commenced a repair availability.

In April 1991 the Barbey deployed in support of Law Enforcement and Drug Interdiction Operations to the coast of Baja California and Central Mexico. During this period Barbey‘s crew and her embarked Helicopter detachment SH2-F “Sea Snake 11” conducted three at sea rescues, of which, two were from merchant ships of foreign registry. Upon completion of her LEO assignment the USS Barbey participated in several fleet exercises and then entered another repair availability.