Persian Gulf (Dec. 30, 2005) - Sailors working on the flight deck stand in the safety zone as an F-14D Tomcat launches from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Roosevelt and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Eight (CVW-8) are underway on a regularly scheduled deployment conducting maritime security operations. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Apprentice Nathan Laird
