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A mother carries her sleeping child as she and other evacuees from bases in the Philippines congregate in the base gym while stopping over en route to the United States. Civilian and military personnel and their dependents have been evacuated from Naval Station, Subic Bay and Naval Air Station, Cubi Point as part of Operation Fiery Vigil in the aftermath of Mount Pinatubo's eruption on June 10th.

Sean McCool, son of the late Columbia space shuttle Astronaut Commander (CDR) William McCool, helps unveil a new school sign during the renaming ceremony of the Department of Defense Education Agencys (DODEA) Guam South Elementary and Middle School, in his fathers honor

1ST LT. Mike Mathews, co-pilot of a KC-10A Extender aircraft, prepares for a Military Airlift Command channel cargo mission in the base operations center. LT. Mathews is a member of the 6th Air Refueling Squadron, 22nd Air Refueling Wing, March Air Force Base, California

Lance Corporal (LCpl) Micheal Schrum, A-gunner, and LCpl Kenneth Konopka, gunner, from 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, India Company, set up M224 60mm morters in preperation for an airfield seizure during Exercise KOA THUNDER 2001. KOA THUNDER is an exercise involving elements of 1ST Marine Air Wing (MAW), and 3rd Marine Division, where Marines conduct an Operational Readiness Exercise (ORE). The Aviation Support Element (ASE) from Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, will be tested on command and control of several different missions, to include Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personal (TRAP), airfield seizures, and a Noncombatant Evacuation Operation (NEO)

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Amy Christopherson, from Elmendorf Air Force Base (AFB), directs STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Allan Abistado, from Yokota Air Base (AB), Japan, as he drives a 10K All Terrain (AT) forklift and moves cargo pallets at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam

A local resident begins cleaning up after an earthquake struck the region on August 8th and destroyed her home

Over the Pacific Ocean a US Air Force (USAF) B-2 Spirit bomber, 509th Bomber Wing (BW), Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB), Missouri (MO), prepares to refuels from an Illinois Air National Guard (ILANG) KC-135 Stratotanker, 126th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Scott AFB, during a deployment to Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam (GU). The bomber deployed as part of a rotation that has provided US Pacific Command (USPACOM) officials a continuous bomber presence in the Asia-Pacific region, enhancing regional security and the US commitment to the Western Pacific

An Indonesian patient is carried to a US Navy (USN) MH-60S Seahawk helicopter, Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 5 (HC-5), Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam, for medical evacuation from Nias Airport to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) hospital ship USNS MERCY (T-AH-19) off shore. At the request of the government of Indonesia, the MERCY and the MSC Combat Stores Ship USNS NIAGARA FALLS (T-AFS 3) [not shown] are on station off the coast of Nias, providing assistance in the wake of the devastating earthquake that struck the island March 28, 2005

TSGT Bruce Brooks analyzes photographs of a typhoon that passes near Guam, at the Air Force Global Weather Central

CAPT. Richard Berger, left, aircraft commander, and 1ST LT. Mike Mathews perform a preflight inspection in the cockpit of a KC-10A Extender aircraft during a Military Airlift Command channel cargo mission. Both are with the 6th Air Refueling Squadron, 22nd Air Refueling Wing

At Dyess Air Force Base (AFB), Texas, a B-1B Lancer bomber from the 9th Bomb Squadron (BS), prepares for take off on a deployment to Guam in support of our defensive posture in the Pacific region

A helicopter launch petty officer directs flight deck operations aboard the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9) during operations off the coast of Lebanon. A pilot passes by in the background