sentences:  She assumed duties as First Lieutenant on board in July 1992.In January 1996, she became the Executive Officer of and deployed to the Adriatic in support of Operation Joint Endeavor, a peacekeeping effort in the Former Republic of Yugoslavia.Sixty days after returning from the Mediterranean deployment, "Tortuga" departed on a West African Training Cruise, where the ship's sailors, with embarked U.S. Marines and U.S. Coast Guard detachment, operated with the naval services of seven African nations.