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UH-1N Iroquois and CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters line the deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during NATO Exercise NORTHERN WEDDING '86

U.S. Navy Sailors aboard the Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) enjoy the view as their ship transits through the Suez Canal in Egypt on Sept. 2, 2006. SAIPAN is currently underway conducting maritime security operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Patrick W. Mullen III) (Released)

A US Navy (USN) MH-60S Seahawk helicopter is directed onto the flight deck aboard the USN Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship, USS SAIPAN (LHA 2). The helicopter is performing "touch and go" training in order for the squadron and the ship to meet qualification standards to maintain deployment readiness

U.S. Navy line handlers from the Harpers Ferry Class Dock Landing Ship USS OAK HILL (LSD 51) assist in raising the brow of the Whidbey Island Class Ship USS ASHLAND (LSD 48) as she prepares to deploy on November 16, 2006. The ASHLAND will relieve Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) in the 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST Second Class (AW/SW) Pamela Coxe) (Released)

World War II (WWII) area photograph of US Marine Corps (USMC) First Lieutenant (1LT) Edwin J. Herman Jr., taken at Vella La Vella, November 14, 1943. 1LT Herman is an Ace Pilot credited with 8 kills. His hometown is Dallas, Texas

Builder 2nd Class (BU2) Todd Heck, a member of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 62, works at a construction site while helping to rapair damage caused by Cyclone Uma

MCPO Charles Cartwright prepares to commit a wreath to the sea in memory of the servicemen who lost their lives in the Solomon Islands Campaign during World War II. The ceremony is taking place aboard the tank landing ship USS RACINE (LST-1191) at Iron Bottom Sound off the coast of Guadalcanal

Crew members wearing nuclear, biological and chemical warfare gear transport a"casualty"from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9) during field training Exercise SOLID SHIELD'87

At the 19th Annual US Army (USA) Ten-Miler foot race held in Washington District of Columbia (DC), 13,198 individual qualified runners from all 50 states including participants from Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Marshall Islands and DC, begin the run. Runner Brian Glen, center, bib number 2647, from Orlando, Florida (FL), wastes time as he begins his first leg

AMN Chazamn Knoezur of the 43rd Organizational Maintenance Squadron touches up the artwork that he designed and painted on the nose of a 43rd Bombardment Wing B-52G Stratofortress aircraft. The aircraft, which is being retired from U.S. Air Force service, will be placed on display in a museum at the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Air Command Base in Darwin, Australia

The Andersen Blue Knights Honor Guard presents the Colors during the Linebacker II ceremony at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam. Linebacker II missions, that led to the end of the Vietnam War, were launched from here

A locking storage rack aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) that has been modified to accept the M249 squad automatic weapon (SAW) and the M16A2 rifle