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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__DI10942.JPG]

U.S. Navy Aviation Boatswain's Mate Handler Third Class Dukins Admettre signals an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter from Helicopter Sea Combat Support Squadron 26 during an underway replenishment operation on the flight deck of the Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) in the Gulf of Aden on Sept. 9, 2006. SAIPAN is currently underway conducting maritime security operations in the Persian Gulf. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST Third Class Gary L. Johnson III) (Released)

World War II – Saipan

Republic P-47 'Thunderbolt' Sitting Beside Wrecked Japanese Betty'S And Hangars At An Airfield, Saipan, Marianas Islands. 23 June 1944. (U.S. Air Force Number 63671AC)

[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__DI10814.JPG]

Northrop P-61 'Black Widows' In Flight. Saipan, Mariansa Islands, January 1945. (U.S. Air Force Number 64217AC)

A port view of the island aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2). CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters are on deck. The SAIPAN is taking part in exercise Ocean Venture '81

Men Of The 804Th Engineer Aviation Batallion Stake Marston Mat Down To The Ground During Extension Of Airfield To Accomodate Northrop P-61 'Black Widows'. Saipan, Marianas Islands, 25 June 1944. (U.S. Air Force Number 63693AC)

US Navy (USN) and Spanish Navy ship maneuver through the waters of the Atlantic Ocean while participating in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Exercise Standing Naval Force Atlantic (SNFL). The Standing Naval Force is a squadron of eight to ten destroyers and frigates from different nations in the NATO organization. Pictured foreground-to-background: The Spanish Navy, Santa Maria Class Frigate, NAVARRA (F 85); the USN Austin Class Amphibious Transport Docks, USS TRENTON (LPD 14); the USN Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship, USS SAIPAN (LHA 2), and the USN Oliver Hazard Perry Class Frigate, USS SIMPSON (FFG 56)

SERVICES FOR SAIPAN DEAD

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__DI10559.JPG]