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CAPT. Wayne Shatz, pilot with the 374th Tactical Airlift Wing, flies a Christmas Drop mission in a C-130 Hercules aircraft. The annual airdrop is a humanitarian effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season

A1C Donald Popp, 8th Mobile Aerial Port Squadron, repairs suspension lines on parachute prior to attaching packages to be delivered during Christmas Drop. The annual airdrop is a humanitarian effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season

MASTER SGT. Edward Sanders (left) a mechanic from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas works on a forklift alternator with Chuuk mechanic, Naphan Aliven (center) and trainee, Joseph Aiten. SGT. Sanders is a member of a thirteen man civic-action team, on 8-months temporary duty, and chartered to enhance the socio-economic development of Chuuk, while providing a U.S. military presence at this island 632 miles southeast of Guam. Exact Date Shot Unknown . Published in AIRMAN Magazine August 1997

Hospital Corpsman 1ST Class Curtis K.A. Phillip teaches nursing students how to use an oxygen tank during a Civic Action Team-sponsored class at Yap Memorial Hospital. The team, comprised of United States Navy construction battalion members, is deployed to Yap to offer vocational training as well as to aid villagers with construction projects

Equipment Operator 2nd Class Emil A. Norby uses a backhoe to dig a waterline on the island of Yap. Norby, a U.S. Navy construction battalion member, is part of a Civic Action Team deployed to the island to aid villagers with construction projects and offer vocational training

A sailor aboard the tank landing ship USS RACINE (LST 1191) studies his surroundings with the ship's binoculars at dusk. The vessel is in the region as part of a civic action program

Beverly Imeong, a mechanic trainee, reviews a technical manual with Construction Mechanic 2nd Class Kevin Griffitts. Griffitts and other United States Navy construction battalion members are part of a Civic Action Team deployed to the island of Yap to offer vocational training and to aid villagers with construction projects

Equipment Operator Second Class (EO2) Larry Fulbright instructs one of several local workers in the basic functions of carpentry. The Seabees operate an apprenticeship program with the local labor force to aid in training for self-help programs

Somoan Governor A.P. Lutali greets the 22nd Military Airlift Squadron C-5 Galaxy aircraft at the Pago Pago International Airport along with other local officials and reporters. The aircraft is carrying an emergency electrical generator and equipment

Somoan Governor A.P. Lutali and other local officials stand by to greet a 22nd Military Airlift Squadron C-5 Galaxy aircraft at the Pago Pago International Airport. The aircraft is carrying an emergency electrical generator and equipment

A house damaged when Cyclone Val struck the South Pacific island of American Samoa. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Villagers help unload supplies from a 53rd Aviation Battalion UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter following its arrival on the island of Savaii. Military personnel from the United States and other nations are providing such services to Savaii and the island of Upolu as part of disaster relief efforts in the aftermath of Cyclone Ofa