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A port beam view of the French frigate FS LIEUTENANT DE VAISSEAU LAVALLEE (F 790) departing Pearl Harbor.

An M60 machine gun crew of Company B, 1ST Battalion, 19th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, prepares to fire on opposing forces during Exercise OPPORTUNE JOURNEY 4-84

A bugler stands by as the American flag is folded during a memorial service for a crew member of the battleship USS ARIZONA (BB 39). During the service, a canister containing the crew member's remains is being dropped into an opening in the ARIZONA'S sunken hull, thus committing them to the submerged vessel

A silhouetted port beam view of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65) as it enters Pearl Harbor

Captain Paul O'Connor, chief of staff for Commander Naval Base Pearl Harbor, and his wife attend a Military Spouse Day luncheon at the officers club

A view of the USS ARIZONA Memorial which spans the sunken hulk of the battleship ARIZONA (BB 39). The battleship was sunk in the opening minutes of World War II during the Japanese attack on the harbor. Over 1000 men are entombed in the vessel's hull, which is now a national cemetery

With the large harbor tug Neodesha (YTB-815) alongside, the Chinese navy training vessel Zheng he fires its saluting gun as it proceeds through the channel toward the east loch. The Zheng he is in Hawaii for a cultural exchange visit

A multi-service Color Guard presents the Colors on the steps of the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, at Oahu, Hawaii (HI) during a Memorial Day Ceremony held to honor military members buried there

The aircraft carriers USS MIDWAY (CV-41), lower left, and USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62) lie tied up at the naval station. The midway is en route from Naval Station, Yokosuka, Japan, to Naval Air Station, North Island, Calif., where it will be decommissioned in the spring of 1992. The Independence will travel to Yokosuka to take over as the Navy's forward-based aircraft carrier. The USS Arizona Memorial and Ford Island are in the background

An aerial view of the aircraft carrier USS RANGER (CV 61) and other ships moored to piers during Exercise RIMPAC '86

U.S. Navy (Retired) Rear Adm. Charles D. Grojean, head of the Admiral Nimitz Foundation, gives a speech during the dedication ceremony of the newly built Nimitz-MacArthur Pacific Command Center (NMPCC) at Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii, Apr. 14, 2004. The new center is named in honor of Adm. Chester Nimitz and U.S. Army Douglas MacArthur and is one of the nation's premier facilities for Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4I) systems. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance CPL. JonDior Ferrell) (Released)

A wreath laying ceremony involving all the branches of the military takes place in honor of the Unknown Soldier of the Vietnam War. The flag draped casket will be transported aboard the frigate USS BREWTON (FF 1086) to Alameda, California. Its final destination will be the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia