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030430-N-2382W-001 The Arabian Gulf (Apr. 29, 2003) -- A CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter, assigned to the ÒDragon WhalesÓ of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Eight (HC-8) picks up a pallet of ammunition to transport to USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) during a vertical replenishment (VERTREP) the Ready Reserve Force Modular Cargo Delivery System ship SS Cape John (T-AK 5022). The Kearsarge 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 b
030430-N-2382W-001 The Arabian Gulf (Apr. 29, 2003) -- A CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter, assigned to the ÒDragon WhalesÓ of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Eight (HC-8) picks up a pallet of ammunition to transport to USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) during a vertical replenishment (VERTREP) the Ready Reserve Force Modular Cargo Delivery System ship SS Cape John (T-AK 5022). The Kearsarge 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 Airman Apprentice Finley Williams. (RELEASED) US Navy 030430-N-2382W-001 A CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter picks up a pallet of ammunition to transport to USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) during a vertical replenishment (VERTREP)
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