Today is Veterans Day in the USA. We honor the living Veterans today for the sacrifices they made during their service to their country.

I am a US Navy Veteran. I also served six months deployed with a US Marine unit. My job was (RP2(SW)) Religious Program Specialist Petty Officer Second Class (Surface Warfare). Assisting the Chaplain with security, administrative duties, travel, scheduling, Sunday services, assisting the crew with Lay Services for other religions, managing the ship library, logistics, and much more.

I deployed twice to war:

Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom 2003 US ANZIO CG-68 Decommissioned (2000 – 2004)

Operation Enduring Freedom 2005 from Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Fleet Marine Force, to Djibouti (Joint task Force Horn of Africa, Camp Lemonier), Kenya, and Ethiopia