Caption:
Indian Ocean (Sept. 6, 2003) -- The fast combat support ship USS
Bridge (AOE 10) sails through the Indian Ocean. This is Bridge's
last deployment as a United States Ship; upon arrival in her homeport
of Bremerton, Wash., Bridge will decommission and join the Military
Sealift Command, becoming USNS Bridge (T-AOE 10). Bridge is
deployed with the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group in support of Operation
Iraqi Freedom, the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the
Iraqi people, find and destroy Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and
end the regime of Saddam Hussein. U.S. Navy photo by
Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Monica L. McLaughlin. (RELEASED)
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