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Caption:
Arabian Gulf (May 26, 2003) -- Aviation Electrician's Mate 3rd Class
Christopher Pelissier, of Murphysboro, Ill., assigned to the "Top
Hatters" of Strike Fighter Squadron Fourteen (VFA-14) waits for the
pilot to arrive to begin start-ups for the first launch cycle of the
day aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68). The Nimitz Carrier Strike Force
and Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) 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 Yesenia Rosas. (RELEASED)
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