National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures

[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__DI12642.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__DI13071.JPG]

Family members display a welcome home banner for a sailor aboard the combat stores ship USS NIAGARA FALLS (AFS 3). The ship is arriving at Naval Station Guam

A starboard beam view of the amphibious command ship USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC-191) underway in the Mariana Islands near Guam during exercise Tempo Brave '94. The BLUE RIDGE is the Seventh Fleet flagship and is forward deployed to Yokosuka, Japan

Supplies Pour Ashore at Kwajalein

A U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit"Stealth"bomber, 393rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., flies over the Pacific Ocean after a recent aerial refueling mission, May 2, 2005. The Bombers are deployed to Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, as part of a rotation that has provided the U.S. Pacific Command a continous bomber presence in the Asian Pacific region since February 2004, enhancing regional security and the U.S. commitment to the Western Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by TECH SGT. Cecilio Ricardo) (Released)

World War II – Marshall Islands

A CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 approaches for a landing aboard the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH-9) during Operations off the coast of Lebanon

On the bridge of the US Coast Guard (USCG) Island Class; Patrol Craft, GALVESTON ISLAND (WPB 1349), crewmembers keep watch during a driving rainstorm, while conducting escort operation into Apra Harbor, Guam. Pictured foreground-to-background are Commanding Officer, Lieutenant (LT) Jerome E. Dubay; PETTY Officer Second Class (PO2) Jeremy Demello; and Executive Officer, Lieutenant Junior Grade (LTJG), Collin MacInnes

Private First Class Jose Hernandez, of Third Marine Division, Combat Camera, films the children of Marine Forces-operated Tiyan housing annex, Guam as they enjoy the playground during Joint Task Force Operation PACIFIC HAVEN. PACIFIC HAVEN provided over 6,000 pro-US Kurds from Northern Iraq humanitarian assistance and political asylum

Crew members aboard the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH-9) pass lines between their vessel and the tank landing ship USS LA MOURE COUNTY (LST-1194) as the two ships prepare to conduct underway replenishment operation

[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__DI11976.JPG]