Keywords: 011007-N-6520M-052 Preparing weapons for war.jpg en 011007-N-6520M-052 Aboard USS Carl Vinson October 7 2001 -- Aviation Ordnancemen move a 1 000-pound bomb onto the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson CVN 70 The bombs will be used during strikes against al Qaida terrorist training camps and military installations of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan The carefully targeted actions are designed to disrupt the use of Afghanistan as a base for terrorist operations and to attack the military capability of the Taliban regime The Carl Vinson is operating in the Arabian Sea as part of Operation Enduring Freedom U S Navy Photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Greg Messier Released 2001-10-07 011007-N-6520M-052 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 143 U S Navy Photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Greg Messier PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Carl Vinson CVN-70 Practice bombs War in Afghanistan 2001-present related operations outside of Afghanistan War in Afghanistan in 2001 United States Navy in the War in Afghanistan 2001-present Weapons of the War in Afghanistan 2001-present Photos taken with Nikon D1 October 2001 photographs 7 October Military people in 2001 People of the United States in 2001 October 2001 in the United States |