National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures

A CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter drops equipment onto the deck of the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9) as the 22nd Marine Amphibious Unit redeploys from Beirut at the conclusion of a multinational peacekeeping operation

The first Kurdish evacuee to become an American due to her birth on US soil at Naval Hospital Guam is measured by US Navy Lieutenant Joyce Siler as the infant's grandmother keeps an eye on the procedure. The 8 lb. 13 oz. girl was named Helan, which means "leaving" in arabic. Helan will avoid the immigration processing required for the other Kurdish evacuees of Operation PACIFIC HAVEN currently being housed at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. The operation, a joint humanitarian effort conducted by the US military, entails the evacuation of approximately 2,400 Kurds from northern Iraq to avoid retaliation from Iraq for working with the US government and international humanitarian agencies...

Marines run on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH-9). The GUAM is sailing in formation with other ships of the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) task force. An AH-1W Sea Cobra is one of the Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) helicopters staged on the flight deck of the GUAM

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Mark A. Muna, from Mangilao, Guam, an Aeromedical Technician, with the 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (AES), Ramstein Air Base (AB), Germany, explains the mission and capabilities of the C-9 Nightingale Aeromedical aircraft to a visitor at the African Aerospace Defense Exhibition and Air Show at Air Force Base (AFB) Waterkloof, South Africa

Photograph of Captain Charles B. McVay Talking to Correspondents After the Sinking of the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) at Guam

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Guam_6-6-7-07] Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Guam, U.S. Territory [48-DPA-SOI_K_Guam_6-6-7-07__DI12169.JPG]

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Palau_6-7-9-07] Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Palau Islands, Republic of Palau [48-DPA-SOI_K_Palau_6-7-9-07__DI13187.JPG]

Colonel J. P. Faulkner, commanding officer of the 22nd MAU, congratulates Aviation Boastwain's Mate Fuels 3rd Class (ABF3) J. Deshaies as the Navy runner with the most Olympic spirit during the Guam's "Run Across the Atlantic". The trans-Alantic marathon began April 20th in Rota, Spain, and ended May 1st inside the 3-mile limit near Morehead City, North Carolina

[Assignment: 48-DPA-02-26-08_SOI_K_Bice_Penn] Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [meeting at Main Interior with Department of Defense delegation including the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Installations and Environment], S.J. Penn, and [the Executive Director of the Joint Guam Program Office, retired] Major General David Bice [48-DPA-02-26-08_SOI_K_Bice_Penn_IOD_1232.JPG]

A worker uses an electric arc welder on the fuselage of a B-52D aircraft, one of three that are being scrapped in accordance with the SALT II treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union

S39-85-048 - STS-039 - STS-39 earth observations

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Majuro_6-11-12-07] Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Majuro Atoll, of the Republic of Marshall Islands [48-DPA-SOI_K_Majuro_6-11-12-07__DI14549.JPG]