030906-N-2143T-003 Central Command Area of Responsibility (Sep. 6, 2003) -- Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Obed Melendez, from Manati, Puerto Rico, pushes a Guided Bomb Unit (GBU-32) to the bomb farm on the flight deck of USS Nimitz (CVN 68). The Nimitz Strike Group and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) are deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, 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 Airman Maebel Tinoko. (RELEASED) US Navy 030906-N-2143T-003


030906-N-2143T-003 Central Command Area of Responsibility (Sep. 6, 2003) -- Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Obed Melendez, from Manati, Puerto Rico, pushes a Guided Bomb Unit (GBU-32) to the bomb farm on the flight deck of USS Nimitz (CVN 68). The Nimitz Strike Group and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) are deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, 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 Airman Maebel Tinoko. (RELEASED) US Navy 030906-N-2143T-003 Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Obed Melendez, from Manati, Puerto Rico, pushes a Guided Bomb Unit to the bomb farm


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