 His main assignment was Assistant Naval Attaché in Bonn, Germany.For a six-month period in 1999 during the height of the Kosovo crisis, Meek was dispatched by DIA to serve as Defense Attaché in Tirana, Albania.Upon completion of attaché service, Meek transferred to USS "Harry S. Truman" (CVN-75) as ship's intelligence officer from 2000–2001, a period that included the ship's maiden deployment.