Caption:
The Arabian Gulf (Mar. 31, 2003) -- Landing Craft Air Cushion Seventeen
(LCAC 17) approaches the well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS
Saipan (LHA 2). Saipan is deployed conducting combat missions in
support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is
the multinational 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 1st Class
Courtney Torgrude. (RELEASED)
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