Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) (Sept. 10, 2004) - A Sailor playing on the Strike Fighter Squadron Three Four (VFA-34) team serves the volleyball up to the opposing team during the Moral Welfare and Recreation (MWR) volleyball tournament in the oasis during a recent port visit by the aircraft carrier USS John F Kennedy (CV 67). The oasis referred to as the "Sand Box" is an area where Sailors can take advantage of athletic, laundry and telephone facilities along with a variety of food venders. Kennedy and embarked Carrier Air Wing Seventeen (CVW-17) are operating in the 5th Fleet area of responsibility in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). Units attached to the Kennedy Carrier Strike Group (CSG) are working closely with Multi-National Corps-Iraq and Iraqi forces to bring stability to the sovereign government of Iraq