Floating fortresses on Saddam Hussein’s doorstep, the Navy warships that opened Operation Iraqi Freedom with a thunderous strike of Tomahawk cruise missiles are now launching planes that can protect ground troops by picking off a single tank or mortar emplacement.
The Navy has deployed tens of thousands of men and women, more than half of its 305 ships and more than 4,000 aircraft to the Persian Gulf and the eastern Mediterranean to focus its impressive array of weapons on Baghdad
U.S. Navy plays important role in war
March 28, 2003
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