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Caption:
Persian Gulf (Nov. 15, 2005) - Aviation Ordnancemen place a weapons
cart of GBU-38 500-pound satellite guided bombs on an ordnance elevator
on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore
Roosevelt (CVN 71). The GBU-38 is a 500-pound Joint Direct Attack
Munition (JDAM) that uses a standard Mk-82 bomb and was developed for
precision bombing in urban warfare. Roosevelt and embarked Carrier Air
Wing Eight (CVW-8) are currently underway in the Persian Gulf
supporting Operation Steel Curtain, a joint U.S.-Iraqi military
offensive aimed at preventing cells of Al Qaeda from entering Iraq
through the Syrian border. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate
Airman Stephen Early (RELEASED)
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