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[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__DI14181.JPG]

CPT Mel Soterlund, navigator, 374th Tactical Airlift Wing, makes calculations as he guides his C-130 Hercules aircraft toward a Micronesian island during a Christmas Drop mission. The annual airdrop is a humanitarian effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season

Builder 1ST Class Jeffrey A. Stevens and Steelworker 2nd Class Daniel O. Hurt repair toilet facilities at an elementary school on the island of Yap. The men, members of a United States (US) Navy construction battalion, are part of a Civic Action Team deployed to the area to aid villagers with construction projects and offer vocational training

Steelworker Second Class (SW2) Frank Luevanos uses a cutting torch to cut a piece of sheet metal in the welding shop of the Naval Mobil Construction Battalion Three (NMCB-3) Civic Action Team compound

[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_0575.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__DI13918.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_0559.JPG]

Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlilfe and Parks, Craig Manson, at the podium, with Secretary Gale Norton behind, at meeting of the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force in Washington, D.C. Manson and Norton were among officials from 12 federal agencies, 7 states and territories, and the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Palau, discussing projects to improve conservation and management of coral reefs

[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_0395.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__DI13646.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__DI13688.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__DI14036.JPG]