Caption:
The Arabian Gulf (Apr. 8, 2003) -- A Sailor aboard USS Abraham Lincoln
(CVN 72) assigned to the weapons department, attaches ordnance to a
MH-60S Knighthawk during a weapons off-load with the Military Sealift
Command (MSC) ammunition ship USNS Kiska (T-AE 35). USS Abraham Lincoln
(CVN 72) and Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are currently
conducting combat operations 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 Patricia R. Totemeier.
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