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LT Mark Shelvey of the Royal Australian Navy, MAJ Jack Snyder, Detachment 5 Commander for Air Rescue Services, and Sonny Schuster, commissioner of police for the city of Apia, coordinate the distribution of supplies by U.S. Army and Australian helicopters. Supplies will be transported to the islands of Upolu and Savaii during disaster relief efforts in the aftermath of Cyclone Ofa

A tent is erected amid the houses and debris, destroyed by Cyclone Val on American Samoa, by members of the 100th Battalion, 42nd Infantry Division, American Samoa. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Local contractors work to get a US supplied generator on-line. The generator and other hardware were flown to Pago Pago by a 22nd Military Airlift Squadron C-5 Galaxy aircraft

A quarter port stern view of the US Navy (USN) Military Sealift Command (MSC) Hospital Ship, USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), underway off the coast of Papua, New Guinea providing humanitarian assistance and focused medical care to the residents of the area. The MERCY is en route to its homeport after taking part in Operation UNIFIED ASSISTANCE, the humanitarian operation effort in response to the Tsunami that struck Southeast Asia

A joint military Honor Guard carries a casket draped with an American flag containing the remains of believed to be U.S. military member found in the Papua New Guinea, Laos and Burma area during a repatriation ceremony at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, on Dec. 17, 2004. The remains will be taken to the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command where the forensic identification process begins. (USAF PHOTO by Jerry Banks, CIV) (Released)

Fisheye lens view showing US Air Force (USAF) Airmen assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing (BW), preparing to launch at USAF B-52 Stratofortress aircraft, on the flight line at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam

The unveiling of the Congressional Medal of Honor Monument takes place during a dedication ceremony. The monument honors four Marines for heroism above and beyond the call of duty while fighting the Japanese during World War II. They are Captain Louis Wilson, Jr., Private First Class (PFC) Leonard Mason, PFC Luther Skaggs and PFC Frank Witek

Captain John Keane, SENIOR Arabic Linguistic, Combat Service Support Detachment 37, in support of Operation PACIFIC HAVEN, holds a conversation with Kurdish evacuees during their festivities of Eid-af-altar. This is a Muslim tradition that celebrates the end of Ramadan, a month of fasting and gaining spiritual enlightenment. PACIFIC HAVEN provided Kurdish evacuees political asylum from Iraq. While on Guam, the Kurds are provided shelter, food, clothing, medical care and assimilation classes for life in the United States

A member of a naval mobile construction battalion uses a grinder to shave down a steel bar

A Kurdish boy waits with his mother during immigration processing at Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, following an almost 17 hour flight from southern Turkey. Operation PACIFIC HAVEN represents a series of airlifts designed to provide sanctuary for some 2,700 refugees fleeing Iraq. Many are considered traitors by the Iraqi Government for working with the CIA-funded Iraqi National Congress 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

U.S. Navy PETTY Officer 2nd Class George Berbohm, receives instruction from PETTY Officer 2nd Class Josef Muench, on how to properly adjust the rear sight on a Colt 5.56mm M16A2 Assault Rifle at the Naval Base Guam Armory. (U.S. Navy PHOTO by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 2nd Class John F. Looney) (Released)

Lieutenant (LT) Micheal Simek US Army (USA), 1ST Battalion, 17th Infantry Division sit atop a Light Armored Vehicle (LAV-25) as he reads a map in preparation for the Non-combatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) at Orote Point, Guam during Exercise TANDEM THRUST '99