RAID YIELDS CASH — U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Terry L. Brown, with the 422nd Civil Affairs Battalion places confiscated money into stacks after a house raid in Baghdad, Iraq, July 7, 2003. The 422nd Civil Affairs Battalion found the money as well as a small weapons cache during a raid to recover stolen artifacts from the Baghdad Museum. U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Jacob H. Smith
030407-N-2515C-005 The Arabian Gulf (Apr. 7, 2003) -- USS Tarawa (LHA 1) receives fuel during an underway replenishment (UNREP) with Military Sealift Command Oiler USNS Yukon (T-AO 202). Tarawa is 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 2nd Class Larry S. Carlson. (RELEASED)
030106-N-0226M-004 San Diego, Calif. (Jan. 6, 2003) -- USS Rushmore (LSD 47) steams out of San Diego Bay as she departs on a scheduled six-month deployment. Rushmore and the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) are part of the USS Tarawa (LHA 1) Amphibious Readiness Group (ARG). ). U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Photographer’s Mate Mahlon K. Miller. (RELEASED)
Tarawa Amphibious Ready Group to Return to San Diego
Story Number: NNS030708-02
Release Date: 7/8/2003 11:18:00 AM
By Chief Journalist W. R. Polson, USS Tarawa Public Affairs
ABOARD USS TARAWA, At Sea (NNS) -- After six months, thousands of nautical miles, one war, and several times in the national spotlight, more than 4,000 Sailors and Marines aboard the three San Diego-based ships of the USS Tarawa (LHA 1) Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) will return home.
The combined 2,000 Sailors aboard Tarawa, the dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47) and the amphibious assault dock ship USS Duluth (LPD 6) will return to Naval Station San Diego July 13.