030814-N-2385R-003 Central Command Area of Responsibility (Aug. 14, 2003) – The nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) approaches USS Bridge (AOE-10), background, to begin a vertical replenishment (VERTREP). Bridge will decommission during the next several weeks and become a part of the Military Sealift Command as the USNS Bridge. Nimitz Strike Group and Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) are deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, 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 Yesenia Rosas. (RELEASED) -
031105-N-3241H-034 Naval Station Bremerton, Wash. (Nov. 5, 2003) -- Family and friends eagerly await the arrival of the Fast Combat Support Ship USS Bridge (AOE 10) as the ship pulls into Naval Station Bremerton after completing an eight-month deployment as part of the USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Carrier Strike Group in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Dustin Howell. (RELEASED)
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031031-N-2385R-001 Pacific Ocean (Oct. 31, 2003) -- Rear Adm. Samuel Jones Locklear, Commander, Cruiser Destroyer Group Five (CCDG-5) undergoes a high-line transfer to USS Bridge (AOE 10) during the ship’s Tiger Cruise. The Nimitz Carrier Strike group and Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) are deployed to the Pacific. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Yesenia Rosas. (RELEASED)
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031031-N-6536T-002 Pacific Ocean (Oct.31, 2003) -- Rear Adm. Samuel Jones Locklear, Commander, Cruiser Destroyer Group Five (CCDG-5) undergoes a high-line transfer to USS Bridge (AOE 10) during the ship’s Tiger Cruise. The Nimitz Carrier Strike group and Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) are deployed to the Pacific. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Elizabeth Thompson. (RELEASED)
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030911-N-1671M-013 Indian Ocean (Sept. 11, 2003) -- Operations Specialist 2nd Class Ignacio Prado from Williams, Calif., updates the ship's vertical plot in the Combat Information Center aboard USS Bridge (AOE 10). This is Bridge's last deployment as a United States Ship. Several months after arrival in its homeport of Bremerton, Wash., Bridge will decommission and join the Military Sealift Command, becoming USNS Bridge (T-AOE 10). Bridge is deployed with the Nimitz Carrier Strike Force in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Monica L. McLaughlin. (RELEASED)
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030911-N-1671M-005 Indian Ocean (Sept. 10, 2003) -- Operations Specialist 3rd Class Zakia Miller from Philadelphia, Penn., precisely plots the course of USS Bridge (AOE 10) in the ship’s Combat Information Center. This is Bridge's last deployment as a United States Ship. Several months after arrival in its homeport of Bremerton, Wash., Bridge will decommission and join the Military Sealift Command, becoming USNS Bridge (T-AOE 10). Bridge is deployed with the Nimitz Carrier Strike Force in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Monica L. McLaughlin. (RELEASED)
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030906-N-1671M-033 Indian Ocean (Sept. 6, 2003) -- The fast combat support ship USS Bridge (AOE 10) sails through the Indian Ocean. This is Bridge's last deployment as a United States Ship; upon arrival in her homeport of Bremerton, Wash., Bridge will decommission and join the Military Sealift Command, becoming USNS Bridge (T-AOE 10). Bridge is deployed with the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, find and destroy Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Monica L. McLaughlin. (RELEASED)
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030410-N-1974E-006 The Arabian Gulf (Apr. 10, 2003) -- The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), guided missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59), and fast combat support ship USS Bridge (AOE 10) participate in an underway replenishment (UNREP) while deployed in support of 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 Kristi Earl. (RELEASED)
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030319-N-2385R-003 Pacific Ocean (Mar. 19, 2003) -- The fast combat support ship USS Bridge (AOE 10) underway following replenishment operations with elements of USS Nimitz battle group currently deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Yesenia Rosas. (RELEASED)
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030319-N-2143T-013 Pacific Ocean (Mar. 19, 2003) -- A CH-46 Sea Knight assigned to the “Gunbearers” of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Eleven (HC-11) transfers supplies from the fast combat support ship USS Bridge (AOE 10) to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) while the guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) follows behind during vertical replenishment (VERT REP) operations. Nimitz and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Eleven are operating in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Airman Maebel Tinoko. (RELEASED)
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020528-N-5555F-003 Naval Station Bremerton, WA (May 28, 2002) -- Friends and family members gather together to greet the Sailors of the fast combat support ship USS Bridge (AOE 10), as they return from deployment. The Bridge is attached to the USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) Battle Group and has been conducting operating in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Martin S. Fuentes. (RELEASED)