Caption:
The Mediterranean Sea (Mar. 31, 2003) -- Airman Ray Marino assigned to
the "Bear Aces" of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron One Two Four
(VAW-124) signals the aircrew while starting up an E-2C Hawkeye on the
flight deck aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Roosevelt and
Carrier Air Wing Eight (CVW-8) are deployed in support of Operation
Iraqi Freedom, the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the
Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and end the
regime of Saddam Hussein. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate
3rd Class Matthew Bash. (RELEASED)
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