Keywords: US Navy 030330-N-2972R-015 The amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) conducting combat missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.jpg en The Arabian Gulf Mar 30 2003 -- The amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge LHD 3 conducting combat missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom The deck is loaded with CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters assigned to the Condors of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron HMH 464 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 U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 3rd Class Angel Roman-Otero RELEASED 2003-03-30 030330-N-2972R-015 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 6312 U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 3rd Class Angel Roman-Otero PD-USGov-Military-Navy CH-53E US Marine Corps General views of USS Kearsarge LHD-3 Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464 United States Marine Corps in the Iraq War United States Navy in the Iraq War |