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A port bow view of the frigate USS QUELLET (FF 1077) moored in the harbor

A port beam view of the repair ship USS JASON (AR 8) as harbor tugs approach to assist the vessel into port

Distinguished guests in attendance at the Congressional Medal of Honor Monument dedication ceremony. The monument was erected to honor four Marines for their heroism during World War II. They are Captain Louis Wilson Jr., Private First Class (PFC) Leonard Mason, PFC Luther Skaggs and PFC Frank Witek

Air Force MASTER Sergeant Gayle Thomas and Hiroe Aoki, both members of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service-Japan, use a centralized disbursing system to verify yen payments to local vendors here. The mission of DFAS-J is to provide finance and accounting services to Department of Defense (DOD) activities operating in Japan and the Western Pacific. This includes accounting, vendor pay, financial reporting, and disbursing services for Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine activities operating out of Japan, Korea, Singapore, Guam, Diego Garcia, and Okinawa

An overhead view of harbor tugs assisting the repair ship USS JASON (AR 8) into port

Aerial shot of Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, which is serving as temporary lodging for Kurdish evacuees (not shown) from northern Iraq during Operation PACIFIC HAVEN. The operation, a joint humanitarian effort conducted by the US military, entails the evacuation of approximately 2,400 Kurds from northern Iraq to avoid retaliation from Iraq for working with the US government and international humanitarian agencies. The Kurds will be housed at Andersen AFB, while they go through the immigration process for residence in the United States

A starboard bow view of the USS FORT MCHENRY (LSD 43) showing the words "HOME OF THE BRAVE" painted on the well deck door, while moored to the Sierra Pier on Guam, during Exercise TANDEM THRUST 99

Family members from the USS KAMEHAMEHA (SSBN 642) and from Hickam AFB, Hawaii welcome the arrival of the crew members from the USN EP-3 Aries II aircraft involved in the March 31st accident with a Chinese F-8 aircraft. The crew arrived at Hickam AFB, HI from Anderson AB, Guam on board an USAF C-17 Globemaster III aircraft, as part of Operation VALIANT RETURN. The EP-3 crew members were detained in China for 17 days prior to being released

050109-N-7293M-001 (Jan. 9, 2005)US Navy (USN) Los Angeles Class Attack Submarine USS SAN FRANCISCO (SSN 711) passes the Orote cliff line as it enters her home port of Naval Base Guam following an incident in which it ran aground approximately 350 miles south of the US territory on Jan. 8.U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Second Class Nathanael T. Miller (RELEASED)

A crewman extinguishes a fire near a radar tracking screen during a drill aboard the amphibous assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9). (Substandard image)

Air Force and Navy demolition disposal experts search for live World War II explosives on the island of Enjebi. Artillery shells, mines, grenades, and bombs are still found on the island. Enjebi, part of Eniwetok Atoll, was used as an atomic testing area in the 1950s

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