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The Battle Goes On

[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__DI10926.JPG]

Load path construction makes the house stronger by using metal fasteners to create a continuous connection from the foundation sill plate.

Colonel Lewis M. Sanders Of Chicago, Illinois, Commanding Officer Of The 318Th Fighter Group, Poses With His Superiors After Receiving The Legion Of Merit From Brig. General Thomas J. Cushman, Usmc, Commanding General Of The Saipan Air Defense Command, At (U.S. Air Force Number 3A49058)

A large"WELCOME TO EGYPT"sign is seen from the U.S. Navy Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) as it transits 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)

A starboard quarter view of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) during NATO exercise Northern Wedding '96

World War II – Saipan

4Th Marine Division Cemetery On Saipan In The Marianas Islands. (U.S. Air Force Number B60385AC)

[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__DI10658.JPG]

[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__DI10913.JPG]

[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__DI10909.JPG]

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) called the"Scan Eagle"lands in the skyhook for recovery on the flight deck aboard the U.S. Navy Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during operations in the Atlantic Ocean on Aug. 18, 2006. The"Scan Eagle"is designed to provide persistent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data, battle damage assessment and communications relay in support of the Global War On Terrorism. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Patrick W. Mullen III) (Released)