CDR Mike Kovack

Navy | Surface Warfare Officer

Dates of Service: Nov 1984 - May 2013

RETIRED

90% Complete

11 Endorsements

145 Contacts

Influence Score: 25,339
2,441 out of 862,939 Veterans

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Commissioning Source: OCS, Mar 1985

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Bio

Surface Line officer. Four years active duty aboard USS Lynde McCormick (DDG-8) & USS Enhance (MSO-437). Did three tours of duty in Persian Gulf. Four years active reserve duty at Akron Reserve Center with US Forces, Japan & then as CO of USS Sierra (AD-18) reserve unit. Went IRR for 8 years. Recalled to active reserve duty following 9/11. Mobilized 4 times for Iraqi Freedom & Enduring FRDM.

Military Experiences

Jan 2007 - Dec 2009

Crisis Action Officer

COMUSNAVCENT, USFLTFORCOM | Naval Support Activity Bahrain, Bahrain

Mar 2008 - Oct 2008

Executive Assistant

OPNAV N1, DNS, OPNAV | Washington, DC

Nov 2005 - Oct 2006

Civil Affairs Officer

354th CA BDE, 352nd CACOM, USACAPOC, USARC | RIverdale, MD

Nov 2005 - Sep 2006

Effects Officer

MNC-I, MNF-I, CENTCOM | Baghdad, Iraq

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Deployments

(2 years, 5 months)

Oct 1988 - Mar 1989

Persian/Arabian Gulf

Minesweeping operations aboard USS Enhance (MSO-437)for Operation Earnest Will. Served as Operations Officer.

Jan 1987 - Jul 1988

Persian/Arabian Gulf

Served as MPA aboard guided missile destroyer USS Lynde McCormick (DDG-8). Participated in Operation Preying Mantis, the first use of ship to ship missiles in actual combat after the USS Samuel B. Roberts struck a mine in the Gulf.

Sep 1985 - Dec 1985

Persian/Arabian Gulf

Communications/Intel officer aboard guided missile destroyer USS Lynde McCormick (DDG-8). Crossed the Line, becoming a Trusty Shellback.