USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) 2004 Final Cruise Shirt

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USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) 2004 Final Cruise ShirtUSS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) 2004 Final Cruise, Persian Gulf. After 36 years in commission, USS John F. Kennedy sailed her final deployment into the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The ship that had served through the Cold War, the Iranian hostage crisis, Desert Storm, and the War on Terror made her last passage through the Suez Canal, her last night operations over hostile shores, her last flight deck launches in a combat zone. For

and her crew was ready for every second of it

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

and maintained a ready-to-respond posture as the world's flashpoints demanded American attention

In 1980-81

In company with USS Long Beach (CGN-9) and USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25)

operating from the Red Sea as coalition forces drove Iraqi troops from Kuwait

Named in honor of Senator John Cornelius Stennis — a tireless advocate for a strong and ready United States Navy — Stennis carried her air wing into theater as a powerful force projection platform honoring his legacy of commitment to naval readiness

USS Iowa (BB-61) deployed in continued support of the Reagan administration's forward presence strategy

Her 2006 cruise carried the bold Halsey name into the Western Pacific

It was the kind of persistent

Through all of it

Ike's air wing flew missions over Afghanistan while the strike group maintained a watchful presence across the region — honoring the ship's namesake

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