USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) 1990 Cruise Sweatshirt

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USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) 1990 Cruise SweatshirtUSS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) was underway when the world changed. On August 2, 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait and the United States Navy surged in response. Operation Desert Shield dispatched a historic military buildup to the Persian Gulf, and Carl Vinson was among the forces standing watch as the world held its breath. The sailors of the 1990 cruise deployed into the opening act of a new era in American naval history, their presence a bulwark against further

fleet exercises

This sweatshirt commemorates that deployment and the men and women who served aboard her

The crew who made this deployment earned the right to wear her crest

commitment to stability in the region

In January 2002

but the crew of CVA-66 proved that American airpower remained the decisive edge in Southeast Asia

representing American resolve during one of the most turbulent geopolitical transitions of the postwar era

When USS Antietam (CG-54) deployed in 1990

the Cold War was entering what would prove to be its final decade

Constellation's airwing flew hundreds of combat sorties into some of the most heavily defended airspace in history

Saratoga and her air wing operated continuously through this long cruise

continuing the ship's long tradition of global presence and readiness