Thomas-Larry
Larry Ray Thomas
Returning from Western Pacific deployment to the Persian Gulf. Getting ready to sail under the "Golden Gate" bridge 1996
Rate/Rank
Aviation Boatswains mate/ Petty officer 3rd class
Aviation Boatswains mate/ Petty officer 3rd class
Service Branch
USN 9/1995 - 9/1998
Speciality
Aviation Boatswains Mate Fuels
Born
07/1977
Gallipolis, Ohio
U.S.S. Carl Vinson CVN-70, Homeported at Naval Air Station Alameda, Alameda California
Naval Air Station Pensacola, ABF "C" School, Pensacola Florida
U.S.S. Carl Vinson CVN-70 Homeported at Puget Sound Naval Station, Bremerton Washington
Recruit Training Command Great Lakes Illinois
Western Pacific deployment for "Operation Desert Strike" against Iraq. Countries visited while deployed: Yokosuka, Japan-Hong Kong China- Singapore- Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates- Muscat, Oman- Hobart, Tasmania- Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
ARMED FORCES EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL
NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL
NAVY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL
NAVY SEA SERVICE DEPLOYMENT RIBBON
DEPT OF NAVY MERITORIOUS UNIT CITATION
BATTLE EFFICIENCY AWARD