030709-N-6803B-006 Port Shueiba, Kuwait (Jul. 9, 2003) -- Aviation BoatswainÕs Mate 1st Class Robert Smith assigned to the Navy Cargo Handling and Port Group (NAVCHAPGRU) moves equipment to the deck of the Military Sealift Command large medium-speed, roll-on/roll-off ship USNS Charlton (T-AKR 314). NAVCHAPGRU is currently deployed to the Arabian Gulf as part of the naval support element in the Central Command Area of Responsibility supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate IraqÕs weapons of


030709-N-6803B-006 Port Shueiba, Kuwait (Jul. 9, 2003) -- Aviation BoatswainÕs Mate 1st Class Robert Smith assigned to the Navy Cargo Handling and Port Group (NAVCHAPGRU) moves equipment to the deck of the Military Sealift Command large medium-speed, roll-on/roll-off ship USNS Charlton (T-AKR 314). NAVCHAPGRU is currently deployed to the Arabian Gulf as part of the naval support element in the Central Command Area of Responsibility supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate IraqÕs weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Veronica Birmingham. (RELEASED) US Navy 030709-N-6803B-006 Aviation Boatswain%%5Ersquo,s Mate 1st Class Robert Smith assigned to the Navy Cargo Handling and Port Group (NAVCHAPGRU) moves equipment to the deck of USNS Charlton (T-AKR 314)


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