Photographer's Mate 3rd Class (PH3) Jason Stiles double checks the aperture and lens angle on an F-14 Tomcat mounted (TARPS) digital camera on board the conventional aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62). The INDEPENDENCE is forward deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH, 12 April 1998.
Service Depicted:  Navy<br>Operation / Series: SOUTHERN WATCH<br>Camera Operator: PHAN CHRIS HOWELL, USN
Taken on 12 April 1998
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