Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Michael S. Centeno, son of Marylin
C. Bowen of Redway, Calif. and Robert R. Centeno of Hollister,
recently completed operations in the waters around Iraq while
assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu, homeported in
San Diego.
Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Michael S. Centeno, son of Marylin C. Bowen of Redway, Calif. and Robert R. Centeno of Hollister, recently completed operations in the waters around Iraq while assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu, homeported in San Diego.
More than 2,600 Sailors and Marines from Centeno’s ship contributed to the re-establishment of the Iraqi judiciary as the country cracks down on smuggling and other illegal activities. These activities cause the Iraqi people to lose approximately $200,000 per day. Coalition forces assisted in getting Iraqi judicial officials to sea to conduct hearings to adjudicate cases.
USS Peleliu supports amphibious operations using landing craft air cushions, which are specially designed hovercraft that travel above land and sea surfaces and deliver vehicles and equipment. The ship also has conventional landing craft and helicopters embarked and is equipped with medical facilities staffed by Navy doctors, dentists, nurses and corpsmen.
Centeno is a 1982 graduate of Gilroy High School of Gilroy and joined the Navy in September 1984.
