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Construction Mechanic Third Class (CM3) Tina Lindner works on one of the many generators which act as auxiliary power sources during typhoons and power outages. These units can be transported to the field where they are used for power sources on job sites

Pallets of books for local schools are unloaded from the tank landing ship USS RACINE (LST 1191) as part of a civic action project

CHIEF Steelworker Ignacio P. Lopez rappels from a wall during a Civic Action Team training exercise. The team, composed of United States Navy construction battalion members, is deployed to the island of Yap to aid villagers with construction projects and offer vocational training

CAPT. Wayne Shatz, pilot with the 374th Tactical Airlift Wing, flies a Christmas Drop mission in a C-130 Hercules aircraft. The annual airdrop is a humanitarian effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season

A1C Donald Popp, 8th Mobile Aerial Port Squadron, repairs suspension lines on parachute prior to attaching packages to be delivered during Christmas Drop. The annual airdrop is a humanitarian effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season

MASTER SGT. Edward Sanders (left) a mechanic from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas works on a forklift alternator with Chuuk mechanic, Naphan Aliven (center) and trainee, Joseph Aiten. SGT. Sanders is a member of a thirteen man civic-action team, on 8-months temporary duty, and chartered to enhance the socio-economic development of Chuuk, while providing a U.S. military presence at this island 632 miles southeast of Guam. Exact Date Shot Unknown . Published in AIRMAN Magazine August 1997

Hospital Corpsman 1ST Class Curtis K.A. Phillip teaches nursing students how to use an oxygen tank during a Civic Action Team-sponsored class at Yap Memorial Hospital. The team, comprised of United States Navy construction battalion members, is deployed to Yap to offer vocational training as well as to aid villagers with construction projects

Equipment Operator 2nd Class Emil A. Norby uses a backhoe to dig a waterline on the island of Yap. Norby, a U.S. Navy construction battalion member, is part of a Civic Action Team deployed to the island to aid villagers with construction projects and offer vocational training

A sailor aboard the tank landing ship USS RACINE (LST 1191) studies his surroundings with the ship's binoculars at dusk. The vessel is in the region as part of a civic action program

Two US Navy (USN) Sailors assigned to the USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC-19) attach rat guards to the mooring lines, while the ship is docked at Sierra Pier, Guam during Exercise TANDEM THRUST 99

Smoke filters through the area after a fire was extinguished near a radar tracking screen during a drill aboard the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9)

Retired MAJ. GEN. Walter Churchill (Fifth Marine Field Depot) addresses the audience during the 50th anniversary Ceremony of the Liberation of Guam during World War II