USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) 1998 Long Sleeve Cruise Shirt

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USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) 1998 Long Sleeve Cruise ShirtFleet Admiral Arleigh "31 Knot" Burke made his name by hitting hard and hitting first and the destroyer that bears his name has tried to live up to that standard in every deployment. In 1998, USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) deployed as tensions with Saddam Hussein's Iraq came to a head. When Saddam expelled UN weapons inspectors, the U. S. and Britain responded with Operation Desert Fox four days of precision strikes in December 1998 aimed at degrading

Named for the World War II amphibious operation that punched through a fortified enemy line in Italy

The world was burning in 1979

CV-66 operated from the Red Sea

flew close air support

When coalition forces crossed into Iraq on March 20

USS America (CVA-66) deployed in 1965-1966

and unambiguously present

her air wing pressed the fight under Operation Rolling Thunder—sending aircraft against North Vietnamese targets day after day despite some of the most concentrated anti-aircraft defenses ever encountered in the history of aerial warfare

keeping the sea lanes free and the message unmistakable

Her air wing flew sorties in support of Operation Desert Shield

CV-66 was ready — her air wing launching combat sorties against Iraqi targets with the skill and professionalism that defines America's Navy

They didn't just witness history

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