ABOARD USS INDEPENDENCE (Feb. 21, 1998) -- Hospital Corpsman Third Class (HM3) Ben Nesselroad, from Ravenswood, Virginia, dress a wound on the arm of a crewmember during a mass casualty drill aboard the aircraft carrier USS Independence (CV-62). Independence is forward deployed to the Persian Gulf. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate Airman Brian Hoosack.