030330-N-2819P-026 The Arabian Gulf (Mar. 30, 2003) -- Aviation MachinistÕs Mate 2nd Class Joseph Harris from Ypsilanti, Mich., assigned to the ÒDragon WhalesÓ of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Eight (HC-8), Search and Rescue team (SAR), retrieves the "horse collar" from one of the squadrons CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter during a training exercise conducted from the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3). Kearsarge is 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
030330-N-2819P-026 The Arabian Gulf (Mar. 30, 2003) -- Aviation MachinistÕs Mate 2nd Class Joseph Harris from Ypsilanti, Mich., assigned to the ÒDragon WhalesÓ of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Eight (HC-8), Search and Rescue team (SAR), retrieves the "horse collar" from one of the squadrons CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter during a training exercise conducted from the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3). Kearsarge is 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 3rd Class Jose E. Ponce. (RELEASED) US Navy 030330-N-2819P-026 Aviation Machinist%%5Ersquo,s Mate 2nd Class Joseph Harris retrieves the horse collar
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