030324-N-6817C-051 The Arabian Gulf (Mar. 24, 2003) -- A Sailor preforms maintenance on one of four catapults before flight operations begin aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln and her embarked aircraft are 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 3rd Class Tyler J. Clements. (RELEASED) US Navy 030324-N-6817C-051 A Sailor preforms maintenance on one of four catapults before flight operatio

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030324-N-6817C-051 The Arabian Gulf (Mar. 24, 2003) -- A Sailor preforms maintenance on one of four catapults before flight operations begin aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln and her embarked aircraft are 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 3rd Class Tyler J. Clements. (RELEASED) US Navy 030324-N-6817C-051 A Sailor preforms maintenance on one of four catapults before flight operations begin aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)

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