Keywords: US Navy 051115-N-6484E-011 Aviation Ordnancemen place a weapons cart of GBU-38 500-pound satellite guided bombs on an ordnance elevator.jpg en Persian Gulf Nov 15 2005 - Aviation Ordnancemen place a weapons cart of GBU-38 500-pound satellite guided bombs on an ordnance elevator on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN 71 The GBU-38 is a 500-pound Joint Direct Attack Munition JDAM that uses a standard Mk-82 bomb and was developed for precision bombing in urban warfare Roosevelt and embarked Carrier Air Wing Eight CVW-8 are currently underway in the Persian Gulf supporting Operation Steel Curtain a joint U S -Iraqi military offensive aimed at preventing cells of Al Qaeda from entering Iraq through the Syrian border U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Stephen Early RELEASED 2005-11-15 051115-N-6484E-011 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 30006 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Stephen Early PD-USGov-Military-Navy GBU-38 USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71 flight deck Aviation Ordnanceman |