| Add a VFA-131 Shellback Initiation | Add a VFA-131 Deployment - Major Event |
| Month |
Year |
to |
Month |
Year |
Deployment / Event |
| SEP | 1985 | - | MAY | 1986 | Mediterranean |
| AUG | 1988 | - | | | Shellback Initiation - 28 AUG 1988 - Atlantic Ocean |
| JAN | 1990 | - | JAN | 1991 | North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean |
| MAR | 1990 | - | SEP | 1990 | Mediterranean |
| SEP | 1991 | - | MAR | 1992 | Operation Deep Freeze |
| JAN | 1996 | - | JUL | 1996 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| FEB | 1998 | - | AUG | 1998 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| OCT | 2006 | - | MAY | 2007 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| MAY | 2008 | - | MAY | 2008 | Shellback Initiation- 23MAY2008-U.S.S. George Washington CVN-73 |
| JAN | 2010 | - | JUL | 2010 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| JAN | 2019 | - | DEC | 2019 | Antarctic Circle |
