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U.S. Air Force TECH. SGT. Brian Plauche, a Crew CHIEF assigned to the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Aerial Demonstration Team, helps MAJ. Brian Burns out of his F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft on the flight line at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, September 9, 2004. This landing marks the first time in a decade the Thunderbirds Demonstration Team has visited Guam. The Thunderbirds will be performing during an air show held Sunday, September 12, 2004. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by AIRMAN 1ST Class Kristin Ruleau) (Released)

Aerographer's Mate 2nd Class Michael J. Horn checks the course of typhoon Andy as it makes its way past Guam. Horn is a weather forcaster for the Naval Oceanography Command facility at the air station

Army Military Police and Air Force Security Police combine to provide random checkpoints throughout Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, 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

Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen shares breakfast with Quartermaster 1ST Class Michael Howard and other sailors and marines aboard the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9). Cohen and his wife Janet, celebrated the holiday with some of the more than 230,000 service members stationed throughout Europe this Christmas

A flight deck crewman aboard the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9) stands by a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261. The ship is participating in operations off the coast of Lebanon

US Navy Personnelman 3rd Class (PN3) Zikomo S. Bullock (left) and Electronics Technician 3rd Class (ET3) Marvin T. Marsh, USN, (right) "apprehend" Crytologic Technician SEAMAN (CTSN) Martin Quackenbush, USN, as a suspected bomb smuggler during a demonstration of vehicle search techniques. Agana Naval Air Station, Guam, 8 May 1998

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

Evacuees from bases in the Philippines congregate in a hangar as they wait for the planes which will take them on the final stage of their journey 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.

An aerial view of the US Naval Ship Repair Facility and surrounding area

US Marines, Special Operations Capable, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9) receive weapons training, on the M2 HB (Heavy Barrel).50 caliber heavy machine gun, while the ship moves closer to the Persian Gulf. The GUAM deployed to the gulf as part of an increased military presence in response to a US Central Command (US CENTCOM) request for additional forces, 10 February 1998

Crew members stand by in the hangar bay of the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9) as the ship takes on equipment during the field training Exercise SOLID SHIELD'87

US Air Force Colonel (COL) John M. Deloney (far left), 36th Air Base Wing Commander, and US NAVY Admiral (ADM) Joseph W. Prueher, Commander in CHIEF U.S. Pacific Command, talk while touring a hospital at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during OPERATION PACIFIC HAVEN. Members of ADM Pruehers staff and other Commanders of Operation Pacific Haven look on. Pacific Haven, a joint humanitarian operation conducted by the U.S. Military, evacuated over 2,100 Kurds from Northern Iraq. The evacuees will be housed temporarily at Andersen AFB, Guam, while they go through the immigration process for residence into the United States