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NW MN Strathcona | I made 4 cruises while in the Navy. Worked on the flight deck for the first 2 cruises. Closest call was watching a Tom Cat hit the fantail (to low) while trying to land and seeing the fuselage go by me on fire at what seemed mach 2.
1986 – 1987 Mediterranean Cruise on board USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) Aircraft Carrier while attached to VAQ-140
With port visits to the following places:
St Thomas US Virgin Islands
Rota Spain
Malaga Algeria
Benidorm Spain
Palma de Mallorca Spain
Malaga Spain
Seville Spain
Tangier Morocco
Toulon France
Cannes France
Nice France
Monte Carlo Monaco
Trieste Italy
Venice Italy
Naples Italy
The Vatican Italy
Augusta Bay Sicily
Haifa Israel
1987 – 1988 Mediterranean Cruise onboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) Aircraft Carrier while attached to VAQ-140
With port visits to the following places:
Caracas Venezuela
St Thomas US Virgin Islands
Montego Bay Jamaica
Palma de Mallorca Spain
Toulon France
Marseilles France
Cannes France
Augusta Bay Sicily
Antalya Turkey
Naples Italy
Haifa Israel
Livorno Italy
Florence Italy
1993 Western Pacific/Arabian Gulf deployment onboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Aircraft Carrier while attached to VAQ-135
With port visits to the following places:
Hong Kong
Jebel Ali United Arab Emirates
Dubai United Arab Emirates
Perth Australia
Hobart Tasmania Australia
Pearl Harbor Hawaii
1994 – 1995 Western Pacific/Arabian Gulf deployment onboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Aircraft Carrier while attached to VAQ-135
With port visits to the following places:
Hong Kong
Singapore
Jebel Ali United Arab Emirates
Dubai United Arab Emirates
Pearl Harbor Hawaii
1997 Atsugi and Tokyo Japan while attached to CVWP.
1999 and 2000 Incirlik Air Base, Incirlik Turkey while attached to VAQ-142
Retired July 2001 as a Aviation Electronics Senior Chief Petty Officer.
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