Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Drew Williams | NATO Training Mission Afghanistan | 07.22.2007
Sailors from the USS Rushmore's (LSD-47) visit, board, search and seizure team watch the sun rise over one of Iraq's oil platforms in the Persian Gulf, July 22. Rushmore is currently conducting maritime operations around Iraq's Al Basrah and Khawr Al Amaya oil platforms. Maritime operations help set the conditions for security and stability in the Persian Gulf and protect Iraq's sea-based......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Drew Williams | NATO Training Mission Afghanistan | 07.20.2007
Ensign Scott Jennings, a member of USS Rushmore's (LSD-47) small boat crew, watches the sun rise over one of Iraq's oil platforms in the Persian Gulf July 20. Rushmore is currently conducting maritime operations around Iraq's al Basrah and Khawr al Amaya oil platforms. Maritime operations help set the conditions for security and stability in the Persian Gulf and protect Iraq's sea-based......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Drew Williams | NATO Training Mission Afghanistan | 07.20.2007
Ensign Scott Jennings (Left) and search and rescue swimmer Petty Officer 2nd Class Gabriel Buttler, members of USS Rushmore's (LSD-47) small boat crew, prepare a Miller Board for a casualty recovery drill while conducting maritime operations around Iraq's al Basrah and Khawr al Amaya oil platforms in the Persian Gulf, July 20. Maritime operations help set the conditions for security and......