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Secretary of Defense William H. Cohen steps off an SH-3H Sea King helicopter, belonging to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 14, and onto the deck of USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62). During Cohen's visit to the Yokosuka, Japan-based aircraft carrier, he announced that the Independence Battle Group would relieve the USS NIMITZ (CVN 68) Battle Group (not shown) in the Persian Gulf

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Independence (CV 62) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Chris Howell, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photog More

Air Traffic Controller 1ST Class Charles Landers monitors aircraft movement on a radar aboard the USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62). INDEPENDENCE is deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Independence (CV 62) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Chris Howell Release Status: Released to Public Com More

Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class John Dahl checks a .50-caliber mounted gun aboard the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62). INDEPENDENCE is deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Independence (CV 62) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Chris Howell Release Status: Released to Public Com More

AMN Courtney Chapman (left) and AMN Phillip O'Hare (right), scrub down an F/A-18C Hornet aboard USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62). INDEPENDENCE is deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Independence (CV 62) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Chris Howell Release Status: Released to Public Com More

Aviation Machinist Mate AMN Doug Morton (left), AMN Courtney Chapman (center), from Greensborough, NC, and AIRMAN Phillip O'Hare (right), wash down an F/A-18C Hornet aboard USS Independence (CV 62). INDEPENDENCE is deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Independence (CV 62) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Chris Howell Release Status: Released to Public Com More

US Navy Aviation Machinist Mate AIRMAN (ADAN) Timothy Robbinson is carried away on a stretcher by crewmen during a mass casualty training exercise on the flight deck of the conventional aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62). The INDEPENDENCE and its embarked Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5) are forward deployed to the Persian Gulf to enforce UN sanctions against Iraq. Operation SOUTHERN WATCH, 21 February 1998

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Independence (CV 62) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Chris Howell, USN Release Status: Released to Publi More

The Military Sea Lift Ship, Sirius Class Combat Stores Ship, USNS SPICA (T-AFS 9) (Left), conducts vertical replenishment deliveries to the Forrestal Class Aircraft Carrier, USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62), during sustained operations in the Persian Gulf. The INDEPENDENCE and SPICA are conducting operations in support of U.N. sanctions against Iraq, under Operation Southern Watch

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Independence (CV 62) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Chris Howell, USN Release Status: Released to Publi More

A view high atop the Forrestal Class Aircraft Carrier, USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 63), with aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW5) positioned on her bow. The INDEPENDENCE and CVW 5 are currently enforcing U.N. sanctions against Iraq, under Operation Southern Watch

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Independence (CV 62) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Chris Howell, USN Release Status: Released to Publi More

LCDR Bryan Kust sits in a F/A-18 Hornet flight simulator aboard the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62). Independence is forward deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch. (Duplicate image, see also DNSD0103559 or search 980310N7355H002)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Independence (CV 62) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Chris Howell Release Status: Released to Public Com More

LCDR Bryan Kust sits in a F/A-18 Hornet flight simulator aboard the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62). Independence is forward deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Independence (CV 62) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Chris Howell Release Status: Released to Public Com More

LCDR Bryan Kust sits in a F/A-18 Hornet flight simulator aboard the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62). Independence is forward deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch. (Duplicate image, see also DNSD0103560 or search 980310N7355H003)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Independence (CV 62) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Chris Howell Release Status: Released to Public Com More

US Navy Lieutenant Commander Bryan Kust sits in a F/A 18 Hornet flight simulator aboard the Forrestal Class Aircraft Carrier, USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62). The USS INDEPENDENCE is forward deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Independence (CV 62) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Chris Howell, USN Release Status: Released to Publi More

US Navy Lieutenant Commander Bryan Kust sits in an F/A-18 Hornet flight simulator aboard the conventional aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62). The INDEPENDENCE is forward deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH, 10 March 1998. (Duplicate image, see also DNSD0003583 or search 980310N7355H003)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Independence (CV 62) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Chris Howell, USN Release Status: Released to Publi More

US Navy Lieutenant Commander Bryan Kust sits in a F/A 18 Hornet flight simulator aboard the Forrestal Class Aircraft Carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62). The USS INDEPENDENCE is forward deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Independence (CV 62) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Chris Howell, USN Release Status: Released to Publi More

US Navy Lieutenant Commander Bryan Kust sits in a F/A 18 Hornet flight simulator aboard the Forrestal Class Aircraft Carrier, USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62). The USS INDEPENDENCE is forward deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Independence (CV 62) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Chris Howell, USN Release Status: Released to Publi More

US Navy Lieutenant Commander Bryan Kust sits in an F/A-18 Hornet flight simulator aboard the conventional aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62). The INDEPENDENCE is forward deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH, 10 March 1998. (Duplicate image, see also DNSD0003584 or search 980310N7355H002)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Independence (CV 62) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Chris Howell, USN Release Status: Released to Publi More

Photographer's Mate 3rd Class (PH3) Jason Stiles removes a panel from the F-14 Tomcat mounted Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System (TARPS) pod to retrieve a data card on board the conventional aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62). The INDEPENDENCE is forward deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH, 12 April 1998

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Independence (CV 62) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Chris Howell, USN Release Status: Released to Publi More

Photographer's Mate 3rd Class (PH3) Jason Stiles pulls a Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System (TARPS) pod toward an F-14 Tomcat for mounting. On board the conventonal aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62). The INDEPENDENCE is forward deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH,12 April 1998

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Independence (CV 62) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Chris Howell, USN Release Status: Released to Publi More

Photographer's Mate 3rd Class (PH3) Chris Pastol adjusts a digital camera's aperture in the Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System (TARPS) before taking it to the flight deck on board the conventional aircraft carrier U.S.S. INDEPENDENCE (CV 62). The INDEPENDENCE IS forward deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH, 12 April 1998

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Independence (CV 62) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Chris Howell, USN Release Status: Released to Publi More

Photographer's Mate 3rd Class (PH3) Jason Stiles double checks the aperture and lens angle on an F-14 Tomcat mounted (TARPS) digital camera on board the conventional aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62). The INDEPENDENCE is forward deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH, 12 April 1998

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Independence (CV 62) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Chris Howell, USN Release Status: Released to Publi More

Intelligence SPECIALIST 3rd Class (IS3) Michael Cuthbertson receives a radio and image test from the Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System (TARPS). On board the conventional aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62) forward deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH, 12 April 1998

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Independence (CV 62) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Chris Howell, USN Release Status: Released to Publi More

Photographer's Mate Second Class (PH2) Courtney Torgrude transmits a test image to the Digital Camera Receiving Station (DCRS) located in the carriers Intelligence Center prior to an airborne mission carrying the Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System (TARPS). On board the conventional aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62). The INDEPENDENCE is forward deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH, 12 April 1998

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Independence (CV 62) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Chris Howell, USN Release Status: Released to Publi More

US Navy Electronics Technician 2nd Class (ET2) Clint Rosendale assigned to the conventional aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62) applies flux to the pins on the "flex" assembly before removing it from the motherboard of an AN/PRC-114 radio. The INDEPENDENCE is completing a schedualed deployment to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH, 25 April 1998

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Independence (CV 62) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Chris Howell, USN Release Status: Released to Publi More

US Navy Crew members assigned to a Carrier Onboard Delivery (COD) squadron unload mail and supplies from a C-2A Grayhound during the final stage of the conventional aircraft carrier INDEPENDENCE'S (CV 62) Persian Gulf Deployment, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH, 10 May 1998

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Independence (CV 62) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Chris Howell, USN Release Status: Released to Publi More