030501-N-6817C-087 Pacific Ocean (May 1, 2003) -- President George W. Bush poses with Sailors for a photo on the flight deck after a successful trap aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in an S-3B Viking assigned to the Blue Wolves of Sea Control Squadron Three Five (VS-35) designated "NAVY 1". President Bush is the first sitting President to trap aboard an aircraft carrier at sea. The President is conducting a visit aboard ship to meet with the Sailors and will address the Nation as Lincoln prepares to return from a 10-month deployment to the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Tyler J. Clements. (RELEASED)
This cannot be faked. I have my disagreements with Dubya, but as CIC, he is Da Man!
And his troops know it.