USS Independence (CV-62) 1997 Cruise Sweatshirt

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USS Independence (CV-62) 1997 Cruise SweatshirtIn 1997, USS Independence (CV 62) completed what would be her final major deployment before decommissioning in 1998. Operating from Yokosuka, Japan, Independence sustained the forward deployed carrier mission in the Western Pacific a fitting final chapter for a carrier that had answered the call through the Cold War, Vietnam, Desert Storm, and decades of forward presence in service to the United States Navy.

NATO forces were enforcing the arms embargo and no-fly zone over the former Yugoslavia as the Bosnian conflict continued

USS George Washington (CVN-73) deployed to the Mediterranean and Persian Gulf

USS Iowa (BB-61) deployed to the Atlantic — what would prove to be one of the most memorable deployments in the battleship's history

flexible naval mission that carrier air power was uniquely equipped for — showing what an American carrier battle group can do in the absence of the old Cold War certainties

USS Constellation (CVA-64) deployed in 1971-1972

"Connie's" air wing flew Operation Southern Watch missions

serving with distinction as a forty-year standoff edged toward its historic end

a suicide boat detonated alongside USS Cole in Aden Harbor

August 1990

When diplomatic pressure collapsed

Her air wing flew sorties in support of Operation Southern Watch

As the Navy shaped its post-Cold War posture

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