My Military Days - This is a compilation of photos including my active duty days and as a Navy contractor. I entered Navy boot camp in Orlando, Florida on Sept. 13, 1988, after which I stayed in Orlando to attend Quartermaster "A" school. USS Marvin Shields (FF-1066) was my first ship out of boot camp. I spent from March 1989 to its decommissioning in July 1992 as a crewmember. During Shield/Desert Storm, we served mainly to protect the logistic ships in the Persian Gulf. We were the first West Coast ship back from the war. After the Shields' decommissioning, I was ordered to the USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) http://www.kittyhawk.navy.mil/.Once again, we found ourselves pummeling Iraq again but when you are on an aircraft carrier the only action you see is all the sorties of aircraft taking off and landing. My favorite thing about being on an aircraft carrier was seeing the bright exhaust from the F-14 Tomcats when at full throttle. After being on the USS Kitty Hawk I received orders to the NATO base in Keflavik, Iceland as a career counselor. After Iceland, I came back to San Diego and joined Assault Craft Unit One in Coronado http://www.acu1.navy.mil/index3.htm. This particular unit I probably found the most fun. A Navy LCU (Landing Craft Unit) is one of the ways Marines get from a ship to their insertion point on the beach. Along with its 12 man crew, an LCU can transport 300 combat loaded soldiers and up to 3-M1A1 tanks.