Caption:
The Arabian Gulf (Apr. 7, 2003) -- USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) steams
alongside USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during weapons and cargo transfers
between the two ships. The Nimitz Carrier Strike Force and
Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) are relieving Lincoln and CVW-14 and
will 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 Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Yesenia Rosas. (RELEASED)
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