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Caption:
The Arabian Gulf (Apr. 7, 2003) -- USS Tarawa (LHA 1) receives fuel
during an underway replenishment with the Military Sealift Command
(MSC) oiler USNS Yukon (T-AO 202). Tarawa and embarked Marines
are deployed providing air support for the 15th MEU (Marine
Expeditionary Unit), Special Operations Capable, conducting combat
missions 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 2nd
Class Larry S. Carlson. (RELEASED)
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