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Caption:
The Arabian Sea (Apr. 7, 2003) -- An MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter from
the "Providers" of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Five (HC-5)
transfers ordnance from USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) to USS Nimitz (CVN
68) during a vertical replenishment (VERTREP). The Nimitz Carrier
Strike Force and Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) will relieve the USS
Abraham Lincoln and CVW-14 to join coalition forces 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 Airman Joshua Tyree. (RELEASED)
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