030408-N-8273J-002 The Arabian Gulf (April 8, 2003 ) -- During his visit to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), Commander, Naval Forces Command, Fifth Fleet Vice. Adm. Timothy J. Keating, addresses the crew ready to join the coalition effort to liberate Iraq. "You are making a difference," said Admiral Keating "not to just a couple of folks, but to an entire nation of people who have been living under the most unspeakable tyrant the world has known in recent history." The Nimitz Carrier Strike Force (CSF) and Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) is deployed supporting combat miss


030408-N-8273J-002 The Arabian Gulf (April 8, 2003 ) -- During his visit to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), Commander, Naval Forces Command, Fifth Fleet Vice. Adm. Timothy J. Keating, addresses the crew ready to join the coalition effort to liberate Iraq. "You are making a difference," said Admiral Keating "not to just a couple of folks, but to an entire nation of people who have been living under the most unspeakable tyrant the world has known in recent history." The Nimitz Carrier Strike Force (CSF) and Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) is deployed supporting combat missions 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. Gulf in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom US Navy photo by PhotographerÕs Mate 2nd Class Tiffini M. Jones. (RELEASED) US Navy 030408-N-8273J-002 Commander, Naval Forces Command, Fifth Fleet Vice. Adm. Timothy J. Keating, addresses the crew aboard USS Nimitz


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