Caption:
Mediterranean Sea (Apr. 17, 2002) -- An Aviation Boatswain's Mate
signals the shooter that the launch bar is in place and the aircraft is
ready to be launched from one of four steam driven catapults on the
flight deck of USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Truman and her
embarked Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) are on deployment conducting
combat missions 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 Danny Ewing Jr. (RELEASED)
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