USS Independence (CV-62) 1977 Cruise Shirt

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USS Independence (CV-62) 1977 Cruise ShirtIn 1977, USS Independence (CV 62) deployed to the Mediterranean as the Cold War continued to define American naval strategy. Operating across the theater with her air wing at the ready, Independence sustained the U. S. forward presence that underwrites NATO commitments and signals American resolve to both allies and adversaries in an era of persistent strategic competition.

Operation Desert Shield

projecting American airpower against a terrorist organization threatening regional stability

her SPY-1 radar tracking threats across hundreds of miles

Her 1962 deployment brought her into Caribbean waters during the Cuban Missile Crisis — the closest the world came to nuclear war

surveillance

ready at a moment's notice to support whatever operations the situation demanded

Operation LINEBACKER

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

USS Enterprise was on station in the Persian Gulf

Anzio helped enforce the no-fly zone and arms embargo that ultimately contributed to Gaddafi's fall on October 20

By the fall of 1966

Your deployment mattered more than most people back home ever knew