National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures

CHIEF Steelworker Ignacio P. Lopez converses with local villagers on the island of Yap. Lopez is a U.S. Navy construction battalion member assigned to a Civic Action Team deployed to the area to aid villagers with construction projects and offer vocational training

[Assignment: 48-DPA-09-29-08_SOI_K_Isl_Conf_AM] Insular Areas Health Summit [("The Future of Health Care in the Insular Areas: A Leaders Summit") at the Marriott Hotel in] Honolulu, Hawaii, where Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [joined senior federal health officials and leaders of the U.S. territories and freely associated states to discuss strategies and initiatives for advancing health care in those communinties [48-DPA-09-29-08_SOI_K_Isl_Conf_AM_DOI_0548.JPG]

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Pohnpei_6-10-11-07] Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Pohnpei Island, of the Federated States of Micronesia [48-DPA-SOI_K_Pohnpei_6-10-11-07__DI13681.JPG]

A container floats toward its island destination after being airdropped from a 374th Tactical Airlift Wing C-130 Hercules aircraft during Christmas Drop container floats toward its destination. The annual airdrop is a humanitarian effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season

[Assignment: 48-DPA-09-29-08_SOI_K_Isl_Conf_AM] Insular Areas Health Summit [("The Future of Health Care in the Insular Areas: A Leaders Summit") at the Marriott Hotel in] Honolulu, Hawaii, where Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [joined senior federal health officials and leaders of the U.S. territories and freely associated states to discuss strategies and initiatives for advancing health care in those communinties [48-DPA-09-29-08_SOI_K_Isl_Conf_AM_IOD_4734.JPG]

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Pohnpei_6-10-11-07] Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Pohnpei Island, of the Federated States of Micronesia [48-DPA-SOI_K_Pohnpei_6-10-11-07__DI14199.JPG]

[Assignment: 48-DPA-09-29-08_SOI_K_Isl_Conf_AM] Insular Areas Health Summit [("The Future of Health Care in the Insular Areas: A Leaders Summit") at the Marriott Hotel in] Honolulu, Hawaii, where Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [joined senior federal health officials and leaders of the U.S. territories and freely associated states to discuss strategies and initiatives for advancing health care in those communinties [48-DPA-09-29-08_SOI_K_Isl_Conf_AM_DOI_0470.JPG]

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Pohnpei_6-10-11-07] Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Pohnpei Island, of the Federated States of Micronesia [48-DPA-SOI_K_Pohnpei_6-10-11-07__DI14163.JPG]

[Assignment: 48-DPA-09-29-08_SOI_K_Isl_Conf_AM] Insular Areas Health Summit [("The Future of Health Care in the Insular Areas: A Leaders Summit") at the Marriott Hotel in] Honolulu, Hawaii, where Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [joined senior federal health officials and leaders of the U.S. territories and freely associated states to discuss strategies and initiatives for advancing health care in those communinties [48-DPA-09-29-08_SOI_K_Isl_Conf_AM_DOI_0458.JPG]

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Pohnpei_6-10-11-07] Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Pohnpei Island, of the Federated States of Micronesia [48-DPA-SOI_K_Pohnpei_6-10-11-07__DI13638.JPG]

CPT Michael D'Albertis and an assistant pick up donated items for Christmas Drop, a humanitarian airdrop effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season. D'Albertis, a member of the 605th Military Airlift Support Squadron, is vice chairman of the program

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Pohnpei_6-10-11-07] Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Pohnpei Island, of the Federated States of Micronesia [48-DPA-SOI_K_Pohnpei_6-10-11-07__DI13761.JPG]