030718-N-2143T-002 Central Command Area of Responsibility (July18, 2003) -- Gunner's Mate 3rd Class Fidel Rivera of Oaklyn, Calif., prepares an M-14 rifle shot line used for the Replenishment At Sea (RAS) with fast combat support ship USS Bridge (AOE 10), aboard the nuclear powered aircraft ship USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz Carrier Strike Group and Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) are currently deployed 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. U.

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030718-N-2143T-002 Central Command Area of Responsibility (July18, 2003) -- Gunner's Mate 3rd Class Fidel Rivera of Oaklyn, Calif., prepares an M-14 rifle shot line used for the Replenishment At Sea (RAS) with fast combat support ship USS Bridge (AOE 10), aboard the nuclear powered aircraft ship USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz Carrier Strike Group and Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) are currently deployed 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 Maebel Tinoko. (RELEASED) US Navy 030718-N-2143T-002 Gunner's Mate 3rd Class Fidel Rivera of Oaklyn, Calif., prepares an M-14 rifle shot line used for the Replenishment At Sea (RAS)

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