030324-N-1512S-024 The Arabian Gulf (Mar. 24, 2003) -- Marine Corps Maj. Richard Focht, a CH-53E 'Super Stallion' helicopter pilot, prepares his flight gear aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) before going on a combat resupply mission into Southern Iraq. 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 Kenny Swartout. (RELEASED) US Navy 030324-N-1512S-024 A CH-

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030324-N-1512S-024 The Arabian Gulf (Mar. 24, 2003) -- Marine Corps Maj. Richard Focht, a CH-53E 'Super Stallion' helicopter pilot, prepares his flight gear aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) before going on a combat resupply mission into Southern Iraq. 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 Kenny Swartout. (RELEASED) US Navy 030324-N-1512S-024 A CH-53E 'Super Stallion' helicopter pilot, prepares his flight gear aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3)

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