 After the vessel's commissioning the following year, she reported to her homeport in Mayport, Florida, and subsequently deployed to the Red and Mediterranean Seas in support of Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm.During this tour of duty, he qualified as Officer of the Deck (Underway), and stood the OOD UW for his entire CMC tour.Soon after reporting to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Warfare Squadron (Light) 48 at Mayport, Florida, as the command master chief, Hagan was selected as the eighth Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy.