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USS Iowa (BB-61) 1985 Cruise ShirtIn 1985, USS Iowa (BB 61) deployed in continued support of the Reagan administration's forward presence strategy. The "Big Stick" now equipped with Tomahawk cruise missiles alongside her legendary 16 inch guns operated in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, projecting the kind of decisive conventional firepower that made adversaries recalculate their options and reminded allies of America's enduring commitments.

Air-jet spun yarn for a softer feel

As Operation Desert Shield hardened into Desert Storm

Lebanon was in flames in 1982

keeping the edge sharp

carrying the name of the nation they protected

Even as the politicians talked peace

serving with distinction in a demanding theater

with her air wing ready to respond to rapidly escalating events

This was The Big E's first Vietnam combat cruise — the beginning of years of service in a war that tested the Navy's courage and professionalism in ways that still resonate today

Eisenhower (CVN-69) deployed in 1979

The 1978 Western Pacific cruise found her still leading the line — nuclear-powered

it swept aside decades-old regimes and threw the Mediterranean world into upheaval

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