Elliott, Craig A., LtCol

Aircraft Maintenance
 
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 Service Details
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Service Status
USMC Retired
Final Rank
Lieutenant Colonel
Last MOS
6004-Aircraft Maintenance Engineer Officer
Last MOSGroup
 Aircraft Maintenance
Previously Held MOS's
6015-Aircraft Mechanic, AV-8/TAV-8
6025-Aircraft Power Plants Mechanic, Rolls Royce Pegasus
8156-Marine Security Guard
6035-Aircraft Power Plants Test Cell Operator, Fixed Wing
Primary Unit
2018-2021, 6004, 4th Marine Airwing (4th MAW)
Service Years
1988 - 2021
Other Languages
Arabic-Standard
Japanese
Spanish
Swahili
Official/Unofficial USMC Certificates
Certificate of Commendation
Desert Rat
Cold War Certificate
Meritorious Mast
Shellback Certificate
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Operation Enduring Freedom
Persian Excursion
Iwo Jima Certificate
Lieutenant Colonel

 Official Badges 

Black Belt USMC Retired Pin (30 Years) US Marines Corps Honorable Discharge


 Unofficial Badges 

Cold War Medal Shellback Persian Excursion Casualty Escort

Cold War


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
United Services Automobile Association (USAA)Marine Corps Mustang AssociationMilitary Officers Association of America (MOAA)Chapter 15
  1997, United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
  2002, Marine Corps Mustang Association
  2020, Military Officers Association of America (MOAA)
  2021, Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Chapter 15 (Life Member) (New Orleans, Louisiana)


 Additional Information
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 Remembrance Profiles - 2 Marines Remembered
  • Dixon, Kelly, Sgt, (1991-1994)
  • Jones, Kenneth, SgtMaj, (1980-2007)


Gulf War/Liberation and Defense of Kuwait/Operation Desert Storm
From Month/Year
January / 1991		 To Month/Year
February / 1991

Description
On January 16, 1991, President George H. W. Bush announced the start of what would be called Operation Desert Storm—a military operation to expel occupying Iraqi forces from Kuwait, which Iraq had invaded and annexed months earlier. For weeks, a U.S.-led coalition of two dozen nations had positioned more than 900,000 troops in the region, most stationed on the Saudi-Iraq border. A U.N.-declared deadline for withdrawal passed on January 15, with no action from Iraq, so coalition forces began a five-week bombardment of Iraqi command and control targets from air and sea. Despite widespread fears that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein might order the use of chemical weapons, a ground invasion followed in February. Coalition forces swiftly drove Iraq from Kuwait, advancing into Iraq, and reaching a cease-fire within 100 hours—controversially leaving Saddam Hussein in power. While coalition casualties were in the hundreds, Iraqi losses numbered in the tens of thousands.
   
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
January / 1991		 To Month/Year
February / 1991
 
Last Updated:
Mar 12, 2023
   
Personal Memories
   
Units Participated in Operation

7th Marine Regiment

4th Marine Regiment

23rd Marine Regiment

1st Marine Regiment

1st Battalion, 1st Marines (1/1)

6th Engineer Support Battalion (6th ESB)

Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 452 (VMGR-452)

Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 234 (VMGR-234)

USS Ponce (LPD-15)

USS Trenton (LPD-14)

Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462 (HMH-462)

3rd Battalion, 6th Marines (3/6)

5th Marine Regiment

10th Marine Regiment

2nd Battalion, 4th Marines (2/4)

Marine Attack Squadron 542 (VMA-542)

1st Combat Engineer Battalion (CEB)

Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 (HMM-262)

3rd Battalion, 9th Marines (3/9)

Marine Attack Squadron 121 (VMA-121)

3rd Battalion, 7th Marines (3/7)

2nd Battalion, 7th Marines (2/7)

Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463 (HMH-463)

3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines (3/2)

Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 165 (HMM-165)

3rd Combat Engineer Battalion (3rd CEB)

Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 161 (HMM-161)

1st Battalion, 2nd Marines (1/2)

Marine Wing Communications Squadron 28 (MWCS-28)

2nd Marine Division

Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 2 (VMAQ-2)

Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466 (HMH-466)

1st Battalion, 10th Marines (1/10)

Marine Scout Bomber Squadron 231 (VMSB-231)

Marine Wing Support Squadron-371 (MWSS-371)

2nd Engineer Battalion

USS Tarawa (LHA-1)

Marine Observation Squadron 2 (VMO-2)

3rd Battalion, 10th Marines (3/10)

Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232 (VMFA-232)

2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines (2/3)

H&MS-16, Marine Aircraft Group 16 (MAG-16)

Marine Helicopter Transport Squadron 162 (HMR-162)

Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 361 (HMM-361)

Marine Aircraft Group 29 (MAG-29)

1st Battalion, 4th Marines (1/4)

Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352 (VMGR-352)

Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 167 (HMLA-167)

12th Marine Regiment

8th Communication Battalion

9th Engineer Support Battalion (9th ESB)

2nd Medical Battalion

8th Engineer Support Battalion (8th ESB)

Marine Wing Support Squadron-272 (MWSS-272)

2nd Battalion, 5th Marines (2/5)

2nd Battalion, 24th Marines (2/24)

4th Light Antiaircraft Missile Battalion (4th LAAM)

H&S Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group (1st MLG)

4th Tank Battalion (4th Tanks)

1st Battalion, 6th Marines (1/6)

3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion (3rd AABn)

9th Communication Battalion

2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion (2nd AABn)

2nd Supply Battalion

Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367 (HMLA-367)

1st Battalion, 25th Marines (1/25)

Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 3 (MWHS-3), 3rd Marine Airwing (3rd MAW)

Marine Aircraft Group 31 (MAG-31)

Marine Light Helicopter Squadron 767 (HML-767)

Marine Aircraft Group 26 (MAG-26)
 
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