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PO2 Shawn Purpura

Navy | Interior Communications Electrician

Dates of Service: Jun 1991 - Jun 1997

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Influence Score: 1,210
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Bio

Proud military veteran now helping other veterans at the Veteran's Health Administration

Military Experiences

Jun 1995 - Jun 1997

Interior Communications Electrician (IC)

USS Hue City (CG 66), Cruisers, COMNAVSURFLANT, USFLTFORCOM | Naval Station Mayport, FL

Aug 1994 - Jun 1995

Interior Communications Electrician (IC)

USS Holland (AS-32), Decommissioned Ships | Naval Base Guam, Guam

Mar 1992 - Aug 1994

Interior Communications Electrician (IC)

USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3), Decommissioned Ships | Naval Base Guam, Guam

Deployments

(1 year, 5 months)

May 1996 - Jul 1996

BALTOPS

Conducted joint naval operations with nearly 50 other nations

Jun 1995 - Nov 1995

Mediterranean

Maintained Global Mastery of the Sea, enforced no-fly zone in southern Iraq

Dec 1993

Operation Restore Hope (Somalia)

Supplied Seabees and Marines on the beach

Sep 1992 - Mar 1993

Operation Desert Shield/Storm

Operations in support of tail end of Desert Storm/Desert Shield, Support of conflict in Somolia

Military Credentials

Professional Development Schools

Aug 1991 - Feb 1992

Interior Communications "A" School

Individual & Special Skill Schools

Mar 1992 - Apr 1992

MK 23 Gyro "C" School

Feb 1992 - Mar 1992

DRAI/DRT "C" School

Security Clearance

None / Expired

Academic Degrees

1997 - 2002

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

Job/Skill Training, Journeyman Inside Wireman