An F/A-18 Hornet prepares to catapult from the flight deck of USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN-75) to conduct combat operations March 22, 2003. TRUMAN and Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW 3) are currently on a six-month deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and the regime of Saddam Hussein.