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Central Command Area of Responsibility (Apr. 14,2003) -- Personnel assigned to Deck Department aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57) conduct a small boat transfer with USS Joint Venture (HSX-V1).  Mitscher is one of the many warships in the Central Command's area of responsibility supporting 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 Chief Journalist Alan J. Baribeau.  (RELEASED)

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Photo description

Photo Date
April 14,2003
Photographer
Chief Journalist Alan J. Baribeau
Caption Writer
LCDR Paul Jensen Dep Dir NVNS
Copyright Status
Public domain / free use
Service Branch
US Navy
Primary Equipment
DDG 57
Other Visible Equipment
USS Joint Venture (HSX-V1)
Plane Number
Not available
Base
Not available
Tail Code
Not available
Squadron
Not available