Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein.

NAV2003032696 - USS CAPE ST. GEORGE, The Mediterranean Sea, March 27 (UPI) -- (from right to left) Ensign Angelique Bone, Conning Officer, Capt. Nevin Carr, Commanding Officer, and Command Master Chief Robert Sawyers, observe the daily flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) from the signal bridge aboard the cruiser USS Cape St. George (CG-71) on March 27 2003. Cape St George, Truman, and Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) are currently on deployment conducting combat missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. rlw/U.S. Navy/Michael W. Pendergrass UPI