USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) 1983 Cruise Shirt - Family

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USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) 1983 Cruise Shirt - FamilyThe 1983 cruise was no ordinary deployment, and the families of USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) knew it. While the ship was at sea during one of the most tension filled years of the Cold War, the families back home lived every headline the Beirut barracks bombing, the Grenada invasion, the Soviet downing of KAL 007. They sent letters across thousands of miles of ocean and prayed for homecoming. This shirt honors the families of the 1983 cruise who carried

her final years of active service

UV-resistant

Eisenhower (CVN-69) deployed in 2010 to the Persian Gulf

" trace their lineage to 1927

This sweatshirt commemorates that Vietnam-era deployment

which proved the turning point of the American Revolution by bringing France into the war on the American side

kept Carrier Air Wing Five in constant readiness across the Western Pacific as the United States maintained operations in both Afghanistan and Iraq

during which Lake Erie continued her vital role in Pacific Fleet operations and theater missile defense

Operating forward from Yokosuka meant she could respond to regional developments faster than any homeported carrier — a strategic advantage at a time of continued instability across the Pacific Rim

and two post-9/11 wars

USS Peterson (DD-969) deployed in 1988

This Ship's Crest sweatshirt honors AOE-1 and all who served aboard her

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