"was proud to serve on avenger, i was incharge of the paint locker, before leaving for desert shield had to take
ALL of the paints and primers ect. and put them in plastic jugs before going through the degausing range
that was ALOT of fun."

"did my tour over there 2 times, first was on uss fearless mso 442 from jan 89 to jun 89, then uss avenger mcm 1from sept 90 to jun 91, saw a lot of basrac shipyard in bahrain,spent time at the bar at asu
was nice place to get away from the ship for…"

"i was at Great Lakes from july 88 to sept 88 CO. 214 , was in seaman app.
school until oct 88 then got orders to th uss leader mso-490 out of charleston, south carolina, but first came fire fighting school in norfolk,va."