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View along the Guam Historical Trail with a sign describing the wreckage of a World War II F-4U Corsair fighter aircraft that crashed on approach to the Orote Airfield main runway in 1944

An evacuated Kurdish boy stands next to a sign pointing the way to the "Mayor's" office at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during OPERATION PACIFIC HAVEN. Pacific Haven airlifted of 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

Storekeeper SEAMAN John P. Lerma (right) and Aviation Maintenance Administrationman Craig S. Mocello stand the low-visibility watch aboard the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9) as it transits the Suez Canal en route to the Persian Gulf. Guam deployed to the Gulf as part of an increased military presence in response to a U.S. Central Command request for additional forces in support of operation Southern Watch

A fuel barge is anchored alongside the amphibious command ship USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC-19) during the Blue Ridge's port visit

With 5.56 mm M16A2 rifles, US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from 3rd Platoon (PLT), Fox Company, 2nd Battalion (BN), 4th Marine Regiment (MAR RGT), Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton, California (CA), conduct urban terrain combat training. The training is taking place in a former US Air Force (USAF) housing area near Anderson Air Force Base (AFB), Guam, during joint Exercise TANDEM THRUST 2003

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Kenneth Reeves from the 36th Civil Engineer Squadron (CES), Fire Protection Flight stationed at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam works with members of the Guam Fire Department to extinguish a fuel tank fire on the Cabras Island tank farm

US Marine Corps (USMC) Captain (CPT) Christopher Wills (second from left), Platoon Commander, Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion (BN), 4th Marine Regiment (MAR RGT), Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton, California (CA), briefs his Marines prior to a training mission. The Marines are conducting urban terrain combat training in a former US Air Force (USAF) housing area near Anderson Air Force Base (AFB), Guam, during joint Exercise TANDEM THRUST 2003

Marines from Weapons Platoon, Bravo Company, 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, were pulled from mess duty and liberty to help in a Marine Joint Task Force cleaning operation during a brush fire in the Apra Heights area

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Billy Weinstein from the 36th Civil Engineer Squadron (CES), Fire Protection Flight stationed at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam, gets help putting on his Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) from another firefighter during a fuel tank fire at the Cabras Island tank farm

Crates of supplies are loaded aboard the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9) prior to the vessel's departure for the Middle East in support of Operation DESERT SHIELD

US Navy Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Cordell greets the first group of Kurdish children arriving on board Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, during evacuation of refugees from Northern Iraq. Operation PACIFIC HAVEN represents a series of airlifts designed to provide sanctuary for some 2,400 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

Kurdish children play at a playground near the family housing complex used as their temporary lodging at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during Operation PACIFIC HAVEN. The operation, a joint humanitarian effort conducted by the US military, entails the evacuation of over 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