Operation Iraqi Freedom

NAV2003032401 - USS BONHOMME RICHARD, The Arabian Gulf, March 23 (UPI) -- Air Traffic Controller 3rd Class Samantha Sheran watches for returning AV-8B Harrier aircraft aboard USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) on March 23, 20003. The Bonhomme Richard is deployed to the Arabian Gulf 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. rlw/U.S. Navy photo/Chris Reynolds UPI