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The US Navys (USN) newest and most advanced USN Arleigh Burke Class Guided Missile Destroyer USS CHUNG-HOON (DDG 93), sits moored at Ford Island after arriving at her new homeport of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (HI). After the arrival, the ships crew will prepare for their commissioning ceremony on September 18th. The ship is named in honor of Rear Admiral (RADM) (upper half) Gordon Paie'a Chung-Hoon, born and raised in Hawaii (HI) and awarded the Navy Cross and Silver Star for gallantry as Commanding Officer (CO) of USN Fletcher Class Destroyer USS SIGSBEE (DD 502) during the Battle of Okinawa. RADM Chung-Hoon was also assigned to USS ARIZONA during the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor

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A US Marine from 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, atop a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), readies a TOW missile launcher for a Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise at Pohakuloa Training Area on the Big Island of Hawaii. Another HMMWV is visible in the background

[Assignment: 48-DPA-09-29-08_SOI_K_Isl_Conf_PM] 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 communities.] [48-DPA-09-29-08_SOI_K_Isl_Conf_PM_DOI_0703.JPG]

The Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force JDS YAMAGIRI (TV 3515) is assisted by a tugboat as it enters U.S. Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Aug. 18, 2006. More than 1,000 Japanese Sailors are visiting Pearl Harbor during a worldwide training and international relations cruise. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications SPECIALIST 1ST Class Dennis C. Cantrell) (Released)

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Tom Brokaw (left), NBC Nightly News Anchorman, poses for a picture with former U.S. Army 2nd LT. Lana Contar-Benning, the last living nurse from Hickman Field, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 1941, at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 2006, during the the joint Navy/National Park Service ceremony commemorating the 65th Anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. More than 1,500 Pearl Harbor survivors, their families and their friends from around the nation joined the more than 2,000 distiguished guests and the general public for the annual Pearl Harbor observance. (U.S. Navy photo by CHIEF Communication SPECIALIST Don Bray) (Released)

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