National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures

[Assignment: 48-DPA-02-25-08_SOI_K_Pres_Palau] Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [meeting at Main Interior] with government delegation from the Republic of Palau, [led by Palau President Tommy Remengesau. Secretary Kempthorne and President Remengesau discussed, among other subjects, the possibility of creating a National Heritage Area on the Palau island of Peleliu, along with the upcoming Review of the Palau-U.S. Compact of Free Association.] [48-DPA-02-25-08_SOI_K_Pres_Palau_IOD_1090.JPG]

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[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__DI11241.JPG]

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Kwajalein_6-11-07] Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Kwajalein Atoll, of the Republic of Marshall Islands [48-DPA-SOI_K_Kwajalein_6-11-07__DI14257.JPG]

In The Old (Pacific) Swimmin' Hole

A plane director signals landing instructions to the pilot of a Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14 (HM-14) RH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter hovering over the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9)

Sergeant (SGT) Richard Pray, USMC, a crew member from the USN EP-3 Aries II aircraft involved in the March 31st accident with a Chinese F-8 aircraft, salutes senior military officials and civilian leaders as they welcome him at Hickam AFB, Hawaii. The crew arrived at Hickam AFB, HI from Anderson AB, Guam on board an USAF C-17 Globemaster III aircraft, as part of Operation VALIANT RETURN. The EP-3 crew members were detained in China for 17 days prior to being released

[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__DI11965.JPG]

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Majuro_6-11-12-07] Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Majuro Atoll, of the Republic of Marshall Islands [48-DPA-SOI_K_Majuro_6-11-12-07__DI14800.JPG]

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Toni-Ann Vonscheele, a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Wildlife SPECIALIST, handles a brown tree snake for public demonstrations at the USDA compound at Naval Base Guam. (U.S. Navy PHOTO by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 2nd Class John F. Looney) (Released) Vonscheele has been a USDA employee for two weeks

US Marine Corps (USMC) CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron-263 (HMM-263) come in for a landing at Polaris Point Guam Naval Station to pick up US Army (USA) troops for transport to Tinian Island as part of Exercise TANDEM THRUST 2003