USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) 1998 Long Sleeve Cruise Shirt

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USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) 1998 Long Sleeve Cruise ShirtIn 1998, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) deployed to the Mediterranean and Persian Gulf as the United States confronted Saddam Hussein's defiance of UN weapons inspectors. When diplomatic pressure collapsed, Ike's embarked air wing stood ready, and in December 1998 coalition forces launched Operation Desert Fox a concentrated air campaign against Iraqi military and weapons infrastructure. Eisenhower's sailors and aviators upheld the tradition of

after Forrestal was repaired and returned to service

This shirt commemorates the 1991 cruise — Forrestal's last operational deployment before decommissioning in 1993

one of the founding generation of American sea officers

as she had always been

and Britain responded with Operation Desert Fox — four days of precision strikes in December 1998 aimed at degrading Iraq's weapons programs

This was The Big E's first Vietnam combat cruise — the beginning of years of service in a war that tested the Navy's courage and professionalism in ways that still resonate today

and USS America (CV-66) was right in the middle of it

This sweatshirt commemorates the 2013 cruise and honors the crew who served

continuing her proud tradition of service

she was as sharp as ever

It was a statement to the world that American nuclear power could project force anywhere on Earth without limitation

Soviet naval power was being challenged as never before

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