030323-N-0068T-041

030323-N-0068T-041
The Arabian Gulf (Mar. 23, 2003) — A CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to the “Condors” of Helicopter Light Squadron Four Sixty Four (HMH-464) lifts off the deck of USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) for another combat mission to re-supply the Marines fighting for control of Southern Iraq. Kearsarge is deployed to the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multinational coalition effort to liberate Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Jeffrey Truett. (RELEASED)
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