030529-N-3642E-001 Naval Station Norfolk, Va. (May 29, 2003) -- Airman Andy Nunez kisses his newborn son for the first time after returning from deployment aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Roosevelt returns from a four-month deployment in support of Operations Enduring and 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 Photographer's Mate 1st Class Shawn Eklund. (RELEASED) US Navy 030529-N-3642E-001 Airman Andy Nunez kiss

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030529-N-3642E-001 Naval Station Norfolk, Va. (May 29, 2003) -- Airman Andy Nunez kisses his newborn son for the first time after returning from deployment aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Roosevelt returns from a four-month deployment in support of Operations Enduring and 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 Photographer's Mate 1st Class Shawn Eklund. (RELEASED) US Navy 030529-N-3642E-001 Airman Andy Nunez kisses his newborn son for the first time after returning from deployment aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)

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