Keywords: US Navy 041231-N-5345W-054 Aviation Warfare Systems Operator 3rd Class Ryan Branco mans a .50 caliber machine gun.jpg en Persian Gulf Dec 31 2004 Aviation Warfare Systems Operator 3rd Class Ryan Branco assigned to the Dusty Dogs of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Seven HS-7 mans a 50 caliber machine gun while serving as a door gunner aboard an SH-60 Seahawk prior to taking off from the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman CVN 75 Carrier Air Wing Three CVW-3 embarked aboard Truman is providing close air support and conducting intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance missions over Iraq The Truman Strike Group is on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate Airman Kristopher Wilson RELEASED 2004-12-31 041231-N-5345W-054 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 20412 U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate Airman Kristopher Wilson PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aviation Warfare Systems Operator Browning M2 of the US Navy Door gunners Aboard USS Harry S Truman CVN-75 SH-60 Seahawk Browning M2 on aircraft |