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US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from Marine Security Element (MSE), India Company (I CO), 3rd Battalion (BN), 3rd Marines, Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH) Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii (HI), prepare to evacuate the area as a helicopter approaches during Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) training as part of Exercise NORTHERN EDGE 04. The Marines are armed with 5.56 mm M16A2 rifles and a FNMI 7.62 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW). The training is taking place at the combat town training area on Fort Wainwright Army Post, Alaska (AK). NORTHERN EDGE is Alaska's annual joint training exercise designed to enhance interoperability among the services by sharpening and honing joint service...

[Assignment: 48-DPA-01-12-09_SOI_K_Mt_Vernon] Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens, Mount Vernon, Virginia, [for touring and announcement of the U.S. nomination of the George Washington home, along with the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument in Hawaii, for inclusion on the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO's) World Heritage List. Joining Secretary Kempthorne for the announcement was James Rees, Executive Director of the Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens.] [48-DPA-01-12-09_SOI_K_Mt_Vernon_IOD_9407.JPG]

[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_0742.JPG]

[News Clip: Territory of Hawaii]

The Hawaiian archipelago : six months among the palm groves, coral reefs, and volcanoes of the Sandwich Islands

Men Attach A Wing To One Of The Vultee L-5 Of The 163Rd Liaison Squadron Attached To The 10Th Army. The Plane Has Just Been Uncrated At Cub Field No. 7 On Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto, After Shipment From Hawaii. 1945. (U.S. Air Force Number A64717AC)

Map of Hawaii, Hawaii

United States Marine Corps amphibious assault vehicles from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit of Camp Pendleton "invade" the shores of Bellows Air Force Station in Hawaii. The vehicles were disembarked by the USS BOXER Amphibious Ready Group as part of a training exercise enroute to a six-month tour in the Western Pacific. Bellows AFS is primarily used as a recreation site for military personnel, but is ideal and often used for amphibious training

A key to the birds of the Hawaiian group

[Assignment: 48-DPA-09-28-08_SOI_K_NPS_Vol_AZ] President's Call to Service Award ceremony and reception for volunteers at the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Hawaii, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [joining the National Park Service's Chief Historian for the Memorial, Daniel Martinez, among the dignitaries on hand] [48-DPA-09-28-09_SOI_K_NPS_Vol_AZ_IOD_4693.JPG]

The guided missile cruiser USS GRIDLEY (CG-21) enters the channel as it arrives for a visit to Naval Station, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.