| Add a VAW-116 Shellback Initiation  | Add a VAW-116 Deployment - Major Event  | 
                                   
										
											| Month | 
											Year | 
											to | 
											Month | 
											Year | 
											Deployment / Event | 
										
										| MAR | 1967 | - |  |  | Shellback Initiation - 3 MAR 1967 - Atlantic Ocean | 
| OCT | 1968 | - | APR | 1969 | West Pac | 
| SEP | 1969 | - | APR | 1970 | West Pac | 
| JAN | 1973 | - | DEC | 1973 | West Pac-Viet Nam | 
| JAN | 1974 | - | SEP | 1974 | West Pac | 
| JUN | 1980 | - |  |  | Shellback Initiation - 12 JUN 1980 - Indian Ocean | 
| APR | 1982 | - | OCT | 1982 | West Pac | 
| MAY | 1982 | - |  |  | Shellback Initiation - 31 MAY 1982 - Indian Ocean | 
| DEC | 1990 | - | JUN | 1991 | desert storm | 
| JAN | 1991 | - |  |  | Shellback Initiation - 7 JAN 1991 - Indian Ocean | 
| DEC | 1992 | - |  |  | Shellback Initiation - 20 DEC 1992 - Indian Ocean | 
| DEC | 1992 | - |  |  | Shellback Initiation - 20 DEC 1992 - Pacific Ocean | 
| NOV | 2002 | - | JUN | 2003 | West Pac | 
| MAR | 2008 | - | OCT | 2008 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |