US Navy (USN) Torpedoman's Mate Third Class ( TM3) Michael Walden (foreground), holds the shot line, as USN GUNNER's Mate Third Class (GM3) Phillip Bullard loads an M14.308 caliber rifle with a Mark 87 line throwing adapter on a starboard sponson onboard the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75). USN GM3 Bullard is preparing to shoot a "birdie" with attached shot line to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) Sirius Class Combat Stores Ship USNS SATURN (T-AFS 10), when they lineup during an underway replenishment (UNREP) on the Persian Gulf. The TRUMAN Strike Group is on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT)
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)
Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Craig R. Spiering, Usn
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
16/01/2005
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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