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An AV-8B Harrier aircraft of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 362 (HMH-362) takes off from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) as the vessel is underway in support of maritime interdiction operations

A port view of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) underway during the NATO Southern Region exercise DRAGON HAMMER '90

U.S. Navy Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1658 (right), assigned to Assault Craft Unit 2, prepares to enter the well deck aboard the Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) after it successfully completed small boat operations in the Mediterranean Sea on Aug. 24, 2006. SAIPAN is currently underway conducting maritime security operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Patrick W. Mullen III) (Released)

U.S. Navy CHIEF Aviation Ordnanceman Zachary A. MacDonald prepares to strike at CHIEF Aviation Structural Mechanic Christopher Carlson's"Red Man"bag during a boarding team training aboard the Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) in the Gulf of Aden on Sept. 11, 2006. SAIPAN is currently underway conducting maritime security operations in the Persian Gulf. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST Third Class Erik Siegel) (Released)

An LCM-8 is launched from the well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) during NATO exercise Display Determination '81

US Navy (USN) Admiral (ADM) William J. Fallon, Commander, US Pacific Command (USPACOM), visits the crew of the USN Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship, USS SAIPAN (LHA 2). During his visit ADM Fallon thanked crew members for their efforts in providing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief aid to victims of a devastating mud and landslide that struck the Philippine Island of Leyte

Ships from four nations sail in formation during the NATO Southern Region exercise DRAGON HAMMER '90. The ships are, from left: the British light aircraft carrier HMS INVINCIBLE (R-05), the Italian light aircraft carrier ITS GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI (C-551), the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69), the Spanish aircraft carrier SPS PRINCIPE DE ASTURIAS (R-11) and the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2)

A port bow view of the dock landing ship USS GERMANTOWN (LSD-42) underway off Saipan during Operation Tandem Thrust

A US Navy (USN) MH-53E Sea Stallion helicopter assigned to Helicopter Mine Countermeasure Squadron One Four (HM-14) is directed to depart the flight deck on the Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2)

The amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) sits at anchor near Vieques, Puerto Rico, during Fleet Ex 1-90

A U.S. Navy search and rescue swimmers (SAR) Air Warfare System's Operator Second Class Randy Eaton and Damage Controlman Second Class Christopher Johnson are hoisted out of the water by an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter, from Helicopter Sea Combat Support Squadron 26, during a combined training with SAR personnel from the Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) in the Mediterranean Sea on Aug. 24, 2006. SAIPAN is currently underway conducting maritime security operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Patrick W. Mullen III) (Released)

CAPT. A.L. Heisig, right, commanding officer, and CMDR. S. Markey, executive officer, confer on the bridge wing of the amphibious command ship USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC-19) as they monitor an underway replenishment operation with the fleet oiler USNS ANDREW J. HIGGINS (T-AO-190). The ships are operating in the waters off Saipan during Operation Tandem Thrust