030513-N-1512S-014 At sea aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) May 13, 2003 -- Air Traffic Controller 1st Class Robert Bacon stands watch in the helo-direction center (HDC). Kearsarge is deployed to the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. Navy photo by PhotographerÕs Mate Airman Kenny Swartout. (RELEASED) US Navy 030513-N-1512S-014 Air Traffic Controller 1st Class Robert Bacon stands watch in the helo-direction center (HDC)

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