Caption:
The Arabian Gulf (Apr. 24, 2003) -- A line of CH-53E Super
Stallions from Marine Helicopter Light Squadron (HMH-464), are prepared
for the day's missions on the flight deck of USS Kearsarge (LHD
3). Kearsarge is deployed to the Arabian Gulf in support of
Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is 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 Jose E.
Ponce. (RELEASED)
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