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Lance Corporal Drue N. McIver and Corporal Kenny Carlyle, from HMH-463 Kaneohe Bay Hawaii, put a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter that was disassembled so it could be transported to Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, back together as part of Exercise KOA THUNDER 2001 at Anderson Air Force Base. Marines from Aviation Support Element, Kaneohe Bay Hawaii, 1ST Marine Air Wing, Okinawa, Japan, and 3rd Marines 7th Battalion 29 Palms, California, participated in KOA THUNDER on the island of Guam from July 9 to July 14. The purpose of the exercise was to demonstrate the Marine Corps' ability to deploy in the South Pacific from places other than Okinawa, Japan

Crewmembers of the Landing Craft, Air Cushioned (LCAC) 57 offloads an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) on the Inner Apra Harbor, Guam, in support of Exercise TANDEM THRUST 2003

Tug boats pass by the destroyer ship USS STUMP (DD-978), left, the destroyer tender USS YELLOWSTONE (AD-41), center, and the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH-9) as they lie tied up at the naval station

CAPT. Richard Burger, left, KC-10A Extender aircraft commander and 1ST LT. Mike Mathews, KC-10A co-pilot, check for messages at the base operations desk during a Military Airlift Command channel cargo mission. Both pilots are part of the 6th Air Refueling Squadron, 22nd Air Refueling Wing, stationed at March Air Force Base, California

Crew members man the rails as the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH-9) prepares to depart for the Middle East in support of Operation Desert Shield

A starboard view of the dock landing ship USS GUNSTON HALL (LSD-44) underway, taken from the superstructure of the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH-9). Flight deck crewmen service an SH-2F Seasprite helicopter on the GUAM. The amphibious transport dock USS AUSTIN (LPD-4) and the tank landing ships USS LA MOURE COUNTY (LST-1194) and USS SUMTER (LST-1181) are in the background

Mr. Lee Edwards, president of the Fifth Marine Field Depot Association addresses the audience during the 50th anniversary ceremony of the Liberation of Guam during World War II

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Larry Cartwright, Munitions Specialists, 5th Bomb Wing (BW), inspect the arming wires on M-117 750-pound general-purpose bombs, mounted atop a munitions trailer, at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen assigned to the 7th Expeditionary Munitions Squadron load Mark 82 500-pound general purpose bombs on a munitions trailer at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Navy (USN) Quarter MASTER Second Class (QM2) Greg Martineau stands at the helm of USN Amphibious Command Ship USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC 19). The BLUE RIDGE is here to participate in Exercise TANDEM THRUST 2003

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 613th Security Forces Squadron, 613th Contingency Response Group, load their cargo and equipment on a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam before deploying to Thailand in support of tsunami relief operations on Dec. 29, 2004. The Airmen are bound for Southeast Asia as part of a disaster relief operation following a 9.0 magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast of Indonesia causing a tsunami that have affected 12 countries and has killed at least 100,000 people. (USAF PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Bennie J. Davis III) (Released)

The carcass of a B-52D Stratofortress strategic bomber aircraft, one of three to be scrapped in accordance with the SALT II treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union