Aviation ordnancemen transport bombs from the USS Theodore Roosevelt's flight deck on January 22, 2003. The carrier is conducting training exercises in the Caribbean Sea, while preparing to deploy to U.S. Central Command's area of responsibility, which includes the Persian Gulf.
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USS Theodore Roosevelt
Home port: Norfolk, Virginia
Personnel: 8,000 in entire battle group
Deployed: The carrier and accompanying battle group deployed on February 4 to the U.S. Central Command region, which includes the Persian Gulf, after completing a training exercise off Puerto Rico.
Battle Group: The battle group includes the carrier and Carrier Air Wing 8; guided-missile cruisers USS Anzio and USS Cape St. George; guided-missile destroyers USS Arleigh Burke, USS Porter and USS Winston Churchill; destroyer USS Stump; guided-missile frigate USS Carr; and fast combat support ship USNS Arctic.
Duties: During the 1991 Persian Gulf War, the United States deployed six carrier battle groups, stationing three in the Red Sea and three in the Persian Gulf.
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