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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__DI10845.JPG]

Landing Party

A Boeing B-29 Dispersal Area At A Saipan Base As Seen Through The Plexiglass Nose Of A Giant Superfortress. These Dreadnaughts Of The Sky Are Carrying The Attack To The War Production Centers Of The Jap Homeland And Pounding Other Jap Held Targets In The (U.S. Air Force Number 56546AC)

Artwork: "PFC Charles Keniny," Saipan, World War II- Artist: Robert Benney

Two CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) depart the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during Operation Sharp Edge. Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) are being sent to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, to augment security and evacuate U.S. and foreign nationals from the fighting between government and rebel forces

Okinawa Beachhead

CERT Saipan delivering the final 11 transformers to CUC.

Goat Welcomes Invaders to Okinawa

The third flight of transformers is offloaded by Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands airport employees. These transformers are being delivered from Kansas to aid in the efforts to restore long-term power to Saipan after Typhoon Soudelor caused serious damage back in August, 2015. A total of 486 transformers will be delivered to Saipan by the end of the month.

A starboard quarter view of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) with CH-53E Super Stallion and CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters parked on the flight deck during NATO Exercise NORTHERN WEDDING '86

A CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter attached to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) lifts off from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) during Operation Sharp Edge. Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) are being sent to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, to augment security and evacuate U.S. and foreign nationals from the fighting between government and rebel forces

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the Thirteenth Air Force, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam go through a mobility line before deploying to Thailand in support of tsunami relief operations on Dec. 29, 2004. A 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck the coast of Indonesia killing over 100,000 peoplein various countries Southeast Asia. The Airmen are bound for Southeast Asia as part of a disaster relief operation following a 9.0 magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast of Indonesia causing a tsunami that have affected 12 countries and has killed at least 100,000 people. (USAF PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Bennie J. Davis III) (Released)