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[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Saipan_6-5-07] Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Saipan Island, of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands [48-DPA-SOI_K_Saipan_6-5-07__DI10635.JPG]

STS055-80-079 - STS-055 - Earth observations taken during STS-55 mission

World War II – Saipan

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Saipan_6-5-07] Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Saipan Island, of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands [48-DPA-SOI_K_Saipan_6-5-07__DI10965.JPG]

Paul Parsons Jr. explains the Assessment process at an DCMP training at the ARC.

An aerial view of ships anchored. The ships are, from front to back, the Spanish ship DEDALO (PA-01), the amphibious transport dock USS RALEIGH (LPD-1)and the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2)

Ships from four nations sail in formation during the NATO Southern Region exercise DRAGON HAMMER '90. In the foreground is the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2). In the background are, from left: the Spanish aircraft carrier SPS PRINCIPE DE ASTURIAS (R-11), the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69), the Italian light aircraft carrier ITS GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI (C-551), and the British light aircraft carrier HMS INVINCIBLE (R-05)

U.S. Navy GUNNER's Mate Third Class Juan Gonzales uses a 7.62 mm M14 rifle to fire a line from the deck of his ship, the Military Sealift Command Henry J. Kaiser Class Oiler USNS KANAWHA (T-AO 196), to the Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during underway replenishment operations between the two ships in the Mediterranean Sea on Sept. 1, 2006. SAIPAN is currently underway conducting maritime security operations. (Navy photo By Mass Communication SPECIALIST Third Class Gary L. Johnson III) (Released)

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Saipan_6-5-07] Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Saipan Island, of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands [48-DPA-SOI_K_Saipan_6-5-07__DI10775.JPG]

A Marine CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter lifts off from the deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2). Four other Sea Knights are also visible

U.S. Navy Sailors aboard the Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) enjoy the view as their ship sails through the Suez Canal in Egypt on Sept. 2, 2006. SAIPAN is currently underway conducting maritime security operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Patrick W. Mullen III) (Released)