Stefanos Kouratzis
Photography
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt, 2003. Embedded with the US Navy during Operation Iraqi Freedom, among a crew of more than five thousand.
Life ran in two registers. Below deck, paperwork, phone calls home through crackling lines, sailors resting in front of a screen between shifts. On the flight deck, missiles were loaded, jets took off one after another, bound for targets in Iraq, and returned hours later. The ship itself never stopped.
Crew members of USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) during operation Iraqi Freedom doing some paper work
A crew member of USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) during operation Iraqi Freedom, making a phone call
Crew members of USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) during operation Iraqi Freedom, relaxing infront of a screen
A crew member of USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) during operation Iraqi Freedom, on the deck preparing for battle
Crew members of USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) during operation Iraqi Freedom, pulling missiles
A crew member of USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) during operation Iraqi Freedom, walking on the flying deck
A crew member of USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) during operation Iraqi Freedom, on the flying deck right after a take off
A crew member of USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) during operation Iraqi Freedom on the flying deck
Missiles on the deck USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) during operation Iraqi Freedom
Room on USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) during operation Iraqi Freedom