| Add a VF-41 Shellback Initiation | Add a VF-41 Deployment - Major Event | 
                                   
										
											| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event | 
										| AUG | 1952 | - | AUG | 1952 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle | 
| NOV | 1955 | - | JUN | 1956 | Guantanamo Bay | 
| MAY | 1956 | - |  |  | Shellback Initiation - 15 MAY 1956 - Pacific Ocean | 
| APR | 1961 | - | APR | 1961 | 1961 Bay of pigs (Cuba) | 
| JAN | 1962 | - | JAN | 1963 | Mediterranean | 
| OCT | 1962 | - | DEC | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade | 
| JUL | 1964 | - | OCT | 1964 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle | 
| MAY | 1965 | - | DEC | 1965 | West Pac | 
| JUN | 1965 | - |  |  | Shellback Initiation - 7 JUN 1965 - Indian Ocean | 
| JUN | 1966 | - | JAN | 1967 | Mediterranean | 
| JUN | 1968 | - | JAN | 1969 | Mediterranean | 
| JAN | 1970 | - | JUL | 1970 | Mediterranean | 
| APR | 1971 | - | SEP | 1971 | Mediterranean | 
| FEB | 1972 | - | DEC | 1972 | Mediterranean | 
| SEP | 1973 | - | MAR | 1974 | Mediterranean | 
| JAN | 1975 | - | JUL | 1975 | Mediterranean | 
| JAN | 1978 | - |  |  | Shellback Initiation - 14 JAN 1978 - Atlantic Ocean | 
| JAN | 1979 | - | JAN | 1980 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf | 
| SEP | 1979 | - | MAY | 1980 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf | 
| MAY | 1980 | - | MAY | 1980 | Guantanamo Bay | 
| SEP | 1980 | - |  |  | Shellback Initiation - 18 SEP 1980 - Atlantic Ocean | 
| AUG | 1981 | - | FEB | 1982 | Mediterranean | 
| MAY | 1987 | - |  |  | Shellback Initiation - 29 MAY 1987 - Atlantic Ocean | 
| JAN | 1989 | - | JAN | 1991 | Desert Shield | 
| MAR | 1995 | - | SEP | 1995 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf | 
| MAR | 1997 | - | OCT | 1997 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf | 
| APR | 1999 | - | SEP | 1999 | Kosovo Campaign | 
| APR | 2001 | - | OCT | 2001 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |