040331-N-4614W-010 Naval Station Norfolk, Va. (Mar. 31, 2004) - Capt. Nora W. Tyson, Commanding Officer of the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5), takes questions from Hampton Roads, Va., area media after pulling into itÕs homeport of Norfolk, Va. Bataan returned from a 72-day deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), off-loading personnel and equipment assigned to the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force (2nd MEF) to further stabile support in Iraq. The ship joined the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) in the Arabian Gulf to take part in a 25,000 member air-and-ground
040331-N-4614W-010 Naval Station Norfolk, Va. (Mar. 31, 2004) - Capt. Nora W. Tyson, Commanding Officer of the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5), takes questions from Hampton Roads, Va., area media after pulling into itÕs homeport of Norfolk, Va. Bataan returned from a 72-day deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), off-loading personnel and equipment assigned to the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force (2nd MEF) to further stabile support in Iraq. The ship joined the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) in the Arabian Gulf to take part in a 25,000 member air-and-ground task force, the largest rotation of United States forces since World War II. Navy photo by Journalist 1st Class Jeremy L. Wood. (RELEASED) US Navy 040331-N-4614W-010 Capt. Nora W. Tyson, Commanding Officer of the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5), takes questions from Hampton Roads, Va., area media
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