030323-N-9593M-024 The Arabian Gulf (Mar. 23, 2003) -- An Aviation Boatswain's Mate stands ready to engage the jet-blast deflector (JBD) during flight operations aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Linclon 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 Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Philip A McDaniel. (RELEASED) US Navy 030323-N-9593M-024 An Aviation Boatswain's Mate stands ready to engage the jet-blast deflector (JBD) du

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030323-N-9593M-024 The Arabian Gulf (Mar. 23, 2003) -- An Aviation Boatswain's Mate stands ready to engage the jet-blast deflector (JBD) during flight operations aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Linclon 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 Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Philip A McDaniel. (RELEASED) US Navy 030323-N-9593M-024 An Aviation Boatswain's Mate stands ready to engage the jet-blast deflector (JBD) during flight operations aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)

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