John Edward Mawhinney

John Edward Mawhinney
Era Global War on Terrorism
Branch U.S. Navy
Rank Commander
Military Decorations Awards for Valor or Meritorious Service
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Operation Desert Storm - Iraq
Operation Restore Hope - Somalia
Operation Enduring Freedom - Afghanistan
Aircraft Carrier Operational Deployments - USS Ranger (CV-61), USS Constellation (CV-64), USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70)
First Catapult Launch from USS Harry Truman (CVN-75)
85 Combat Mission
493 Carrier Traps
Graduate of the British Empire Test Pilot School (ETPS)

MEDALS-RIBBONS: Navy commendations (5) w/ "V," Navy
Achievement (2), Joint Meritorious Unit, Navy Unit Commendation,
Meritorious Unit Commendation (3), Navy "E" (3), National Defense
Service, Armed Forces Expeditionary, Southwest Asia Service, Global
War on Terrorism Expeditionary, Kuwait Liberation, Pistol
Marksman, Sea Service Deployment, and Navy Overseas Service


Commander Mawhinney served in Operation Desert Storm-Iraq, Restore
Hope-Somalia, Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan. Graduate of the British
Empire Test School. Recorded 493 Traps and 85 Combat Missions

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