USS Enterprise (CVN-65) 2003-04 Cruise Shirt

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USS Enterprise (CVN-65) 2003-04 Cruise ShirtWhen Operation Iraqi Freedom began on March 20, 2003, American carrier aviation was at the tip of the spear, and USS Enterprise was part of the force that brought it to bear. CVN 65 operated in the Persian Gulf and northern Arabian Sea, her air wing conducting strikes in support of coalition forces as they dismantled Saddam Hussein's regime and began the long campaign that followed. It was a different kind of war from the Cold War standoffs of earlier

George (CG-71) and her crew maintained the vigilance and professionalism that the Navy demanded

Arleigh Burke's crew stood ready in a volatile region

Iraq's invasion of Kuwait that August launched Operation Desert Shield — the largest American military buildup since Vietnam — and forward-deployed Navy ships like Antietam were on the front lines of a rapidly escalating crisis

USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) deployed in 1968-1969 to Yankee Station

Her air wing flew sorties in support of Operation Linebacker and Rolling Thunder

the spirit of a ship is something no number of deployment years can wear down

Some ships age into obsolescence

and Senator Robert F

The 1989 cruise was USS Coral Sea's (CV-43) final deployment — the last chapter of a 42-year career that began in 1947 and touched every major chapter of postwar American naval history

the wars that had defined a generation were shifting

USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) deployed in 2005-2006 to the Persian Gulf

Reagan's defense buildup had restored the Navy's edge

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