Keywords: USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) Mission Accomplished.jpg 030502-N-9214D-002 Naval Air Station North Island San Diego Calif May 2 2003 -- Sailors aboard USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72 man the rails as the ship pulls into NAS North Island to a cheering crowd of family and friends during their port visit to off-load the ship ™s Air Wing Lincoln and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Fourteen CVW-14 are returning from a 10-month deployment to the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and 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 http //www news navy mil/view_single asp id 7258 Source 2003-05-02 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Juan E Diaz RELEASED PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72 2003 in California Standing people People with ships Manning the rail in the United States Navy Naval ship arrivals to Naval Air Station North Island Operation Enduring Freedom in 2003 05-02 United States Navy in the Iraq War Ships in the Iraq War |