Keywords: US Navy 030502-N-9593M-105 Family and friends gather on the pier to show their support, as USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).jpg en Naval Air Station North Island San Diego Calif May 2 2003 -- Family and friends gather on the pier to show their support as USS Abraham Lincoln CVN 72 pulls into NAS North Island during their one day port visit to off-load the ship s Air Wing Lincoln and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Fourteen CVW-14 are returning from a 10-month deployment to the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people eliminate Iraq s weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Philip McDaniel RELEASED 2003-05-02 030502-N-9593M-105 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 7260 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Philip McDaniel PD-USGov-Military-Navy Naval Air Station North Island in the 2000s Aboard USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72 Welcoming |