Crew members of the USS Providence enjoys some time in the sun during a stint on deck known as "steel beach" while pausing in the Great Bitter Lake in the Suez Canal enroute to the Red Sea Saturday March 15, 2003.
Officer of the Deck Lt.JG John Killila directs the USS Providence during operations in the Eastern Mediterrean.
The control room staff of the USS Providence Helmsman YM3 Mark Tijerina, left, Diving Officer of the Watch John Tucker, and Planesman MM3 Jonathan Rosario, right, control the movement of the boat during operations in the Eastern Mediterrean.
Machinest Mate Curtis Hormel practices his fiddle in the torpedo room of the USS Providence during one of the last quiet moments of the day while operating in the Red Sea Thursday March 13, 2003.
Storekeeper Daniel D. King Sr. watches the track of a Tomahawk cruise missile as it is guided into possition in the torpedo room.
Machinest Mate Craig Forehand of the USS Providence uses the only on board sewing machine to mend a uniform in the boat's machinery room.
MM2 Josh Williams cuts the hair of fellow crew member LTJG Josh Powers in the cramped compartment of one of the USS Providence's bath rooms, or "heads" as they are called in Navy lingo, as the Providence opperates in the Red Sea Sunday March 16, 2003.
Electronic Technician David Horn takes in a quiet moment to read while waiting at the start of the "chow" line on board the USS Providence enroute to the Red Sea.
The junior officers of the USS Providence gather in the ward room to listen to President Bush's "Moment of Truth" speech to the nation as the Providence operates in the Red Sea Monday March 17, 2003.
Crew members of the USS Providence have to step over one another in the one-man-wide space between the rows of bunks in aft berthing room.
The crew of the USS Providence launch several Tomahawk Cruise Missiles in an inital strike against Iraq while opperating in the Red Sea Thursday March 20, 2003.
Commander Jonathan Kan, center, Captain of the USS Providence makes the boat ready for a third round of tomahawk cruise missile strikes against Iraq.
Crew members of the USS Providence watch video of a tomahawk cruise missle launch from the crew mess area during a second round of missile strikes against Iraq while opperating in the Red Sea Friday March 21, 2003.
LT.Cmdr Thad Nisbett watches over the fire control stations in the control room of the USS Providence during a round of tomahawk cruise missile strikes against Iraq while operating in the Red Sea Saturday March 22, 2003.
The USS San Juan arrives on station with the USS Providence and the USS Emory S. Land during operations in Souda Bay, Crete Monday March 31, 2003.
The USS Toledo, left, joins the USS Newport News, left, USS San Juan, center, and USS Providence, right, as the subs sit on station moored next to the Submarine Tender USS Emory S. Land during operations in Crete Monday March 31, 2003. The USS Providence would rearm and resupply while on station with the USS Emory S. Land, and then return to operations with the Iraq War until their return home in early August.
Lt. Cmdr. Joe Baldi dips his wife Kathleen McNamara, as they embrace in the ceremonial first kiss as the crew of the USS Povidence returns home to a heros welcome at U.S. Naval Submarine Base New London Saturday August 9, 2003.
