Keywords: US Navy 030323-N-5319A-005 A British Royal Navy GKN Westland Lynx HMA Mk. 8 helicopter acts as plane guard for an MH-53 Sea Dragon helicopter assigned to the ^ldquo,Vanguards^rdquo, of Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron F.jpg en The Arabian Gulf Mar 23 2003 -- A British Royal Navy GKN Westland Lynx HMA Mk 8 helicopter acts as plane guard for an MH-53 Sea Dragon helicopter assigned to the Vanguards of Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron Fourteen HM-14 pulling a Mark 105 magnetic sled during mine countermeasures operations near the mouth of the Khawar Abd Allah river The Vanguards are embarked aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Ponce LPD 15 in support of 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 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Brien Aho RELEASED 2003-03-23 030323-N-5319A-005 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 6042 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Brien Aho PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Ponce LPD-15 MK-105 Magnetic Influence Minesweeping System Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14 United States Navy |