USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) 1996-97 Cruise Sweatshirt

USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) is a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier commissioned on 25 October 1986 and known as "The Big Stick." This sweatshirt commemorates her 1996-97 Mediterranean cruise — one of the most active deployment periods of the post-Cold War decade, during which the carrier and her air wing operated across the region in support of U.S. and NATO commitments. A lasting keepsake for the crew and air wing veterans of that cruise.