USS Mars (AFS-1) 1983-84 Cruise Sweatshirt

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USS Mars (AFS-1) 1983-84 Cruise SweatshirtUSS Mars (AFS 1) was the lead ship of the Mars class of combat stores ships, commissioned on 21 December 1963 at National City, California. Named for the Roman god of war, she was built to provide underway replenishment of ammunition, provisions, and stores to combatant ships at sea. Mars served with the Pacific Fleet throughout the Cold War, supporting operations in the Western Pacific and sustaining fleet readiness across decades of service. This

America's air wing flew relentlessly during Operation Linebacker

with Carrier Air Wing Five flying missions across the Western Pacific and providing sustained deterrence from Yokosuka

she was back in the Western Pacific — the same waters she had patrolled through a decade of war

Her 1971 deployment took her into the heart of the fleet replenishment mission: delivering fuel

This shirt commemorates the 2014 deployment and honors the crew who served

the memories will last a lifetime

the first Secretary of Defense

Her attack squadrons flew some of the earliest combat missions of the war

USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) deployed in 2006

This sweatshirt commemorates the crew who deployed with her during the 2006 cruise

In the years after Vietnam

Kitty Hawk continued to project U