National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures

A Marine of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) sits at the edge of the flight deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) while waiting to board a helicopter during Operation Sharp Edge. Marines of the 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

B-29's Of The 497Th Bomb Group, 73Rd Bomb Wing, Based On Saipan Rush Into Smoke Cumulus Over A Jap Target. (U.S. Air Force Number 59550AC)

The U.S. Navy Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) test fires its close-in weapons system while transiting across the Atlantic Ocean on Aug. 17, 2006. SAIPAN is currently underway on a routine deployment in support of the Global War On Terrorism. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Patrick W. Mullen III) (Released)

61A-57-045 - STS-61A - STS-61A earth observations

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Kwajalein_6-11-07] Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Kwajalein Atoll, of the Republic of Marshall Islands [48-DPA-SOI_K_Kwajalein_6-11-07__DI14294.JPG]

Quiet on Kwajalein

The amphibious command ship USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC 19) enters the harbor

[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__DI11462.JPG]

[No caption entered] (U.S. Air Force Number 63531AC)

On their way to shore at Los Negros, Admiralty Islands, aboard a crash boat, the rescued flyers of the 394th Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Group, who were shot down while on a mission over Yap Islands in the Caroline Group, chat over their experiences. (U.S. Air Force Number 68140AC)

[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__DI12543.JPG]

A view of the tail section of the 43rd Bombardment Wing B-52G Stratofortress aircraft known as "Darwin's Pride." The aircraft, which is being retired from US Air Force service, will be placed on display in a museum at the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) air command base in Darwin, Australia