USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) 1988-89 Cruise Sweatshirt

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USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) 1988-89 Cruise SweatshirtUSS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) is a Nimitz class nuclear powered aircraft carrier commissioned on 25 October 1986 and known as "The Big Stick" in honor of President Theodore Roosevelt's famous foreign policy maxim. This sweatshirt commemorates her 1988 89 deployment her second major cruise to the Mediterranean Sea and Indian Ocean as she established herself as a premier power projection platform of the Atlantic Fleet. Crew and air wing veterans of

Ike and her battle group operated in the Mediterranean as these events unfolded

This 1990-91 long sleeve cruise shirt commemorates one of the most significant combat actions in modern Naval history and honors every sailor who served aboard USS Bunker Hill during Desert Storm

Truman (CVN-75) deployed in 2013-2014

A Leahy-class guided missile cruiser commissioned in 1963 and nearing the end of her service life

Her seasoned crew and embarked air wing maintained the high operational tempo that had already defined this storied carrier

"Connie" had been to Vietnam and back

Twenty-seven men gave their lives

knowing they were part of the final chapter of a truly American story

Operating initially in the Mediterranean Sea

As Soviet power crumbled and the Berlin Wall fell on November 9th

Her Aegis combat system made her the fleet's watchdog

professionals ready for whatever lay ahead

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