USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) 1998 Med/Persian Gulf Cruise Varsity Jacket

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USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) 1998 Med/Persian Gulf Cruise Varsity JacketHonor the crew of USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) on her 1998 Mediterranean and Persian Gulf deployment. This heavyweight varsity jacket features the official cruise design with port visits to France, Turkey, Greece, the U. A. E., Italy, and Spain, plus a Suez Canal transit. Ike enforced the southern no fly zone over Iraq under Operation Southern Watch and supported NATO's Operation Deliberate Forge over Bosnia.

From Naval Station Norfolk's piers she launched eighteen Mediterranean deployments

the post-Cold War era

having transitioned from the legendary F-14 Tomcat

the “War Eagles

While Europe grappled with the conflicts tearing apart the former Yugoslavia and NATO redefined its post-Cold War mission

She has deployed across the Atlantic

This t-shirt proudly displays the VP-91 squadron crest

America kept a carrier presence on NATO's southern flank throughout the Cold War

USS Forrestal (CVA-59

and sharp enough to wear anywhere

Proudly display the crest of one of America's most storied carriers

When Operation Iraqi Freedom began in March 2003