030624-N-2385R-001 The Arabian Gulf (Jun. 24, 2003) -- Aviation Maintenance Administrationman 1st Class Shawn Phillips assigned to the ÒWallbangersÓ of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron One Seventeen (VAW-117) reviews the evening flight plan aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz Carrier Strike Force and Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVN-11) are deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is 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 Photograph

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030624-N-2385R-001 The Arabian Gulf (Jun. 24, 2003) -- Aviation Maintenance Administrationman 1st Class Shawn Phillips assigned to the ÒWallbangersÓ of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron One Seventeen (VAW-117) reviews the evening flight plan aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz Carrier Strike Force and Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVN-11) are deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is 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 PhotographerÕs Mate 3rd Class Yesenia Rosas. (RELEASED) US Navy 030624-N-2385R-001 Aviation Maintenance Administrationman 1st Class Shawn Phillips reviews the evening flight plan

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