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Over the South Pacific a US Air Force (USAF) F-15C Eagle fighter, 44th Fighter Squadron (FS), Kadena Air Base (AB), Okinawa refuels from a KC-135 Stratotanker, 909th Air Refueling Squadron (ARS), Kadena AB, Okinawa. The aircraft are participating in the Joint Exercise TANDEM THRUST 03, a joint exercise conducted in the Marianas islands to include Guam and Tinian. The exercise is a joint endeavor to include forces from the US, Canada, and Australia

An underway port side view of landing craft air cushion vehicle LCAC-46 during practice beach landings at Naval Station Rota during practice beach landings at Naval Station Rota during a one week turn over by units from Marine Expeditionary Unit 24 (MEU-24) on board the amphibious assault ship USS INCHON (LPH-12) to the Amphibious Ready Force on board the USS GUAM (LPH-9)

Crewmen aboard a UH-1 Iroquois helicopter prepare for takeoff from the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9), during operations off the coast of Beirut, Lebanon

A 35-foot work boat is lowered from the port side of the salvage and rescue ship USS BRUNSWICK (ATS-3) as the ship conducts operations near Majuro Atoll. The BRUNSWICK will be in the islands for 90 days while its crew salvages a wreck that is blocking the harbor at the island of Jaluit

Two flight deck crewman take a break from flight operations aboard the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9). The ship is deployed off the coast of Lebanon

Hospital Corpsman Third Class (HM3) Raymond Munn, Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Five (HCSS5), from Cheyenne, Wyoming, gives the "thumbs up", showing he is ready to hoist a victim up for rescue

Kurdish children sit near a guard post and a U.S. military guard where they are being temporarily housed after evacuating northern Iraq during PACIFIC HAVEN. The operation, a joint humanitarian effort conducted by the U.S. military, entails the evacuation of over 2,100 Kurds from the northern parts of Iraq to avoid retaliation from Iraq for working with the U.S. government and international agencies. The refugees are awaiting immigration process to become United States residents

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Aerial Demonstration Team F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft perform during the Open House Air Show, Sept. 12, 2004, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by AIRMAN 1ST Class Kristin Ruleau). (Released)

Derivatives of the US Navy (USN) P-3 Orion Aircraft representing the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) CP-140 Aurora (left), 407th Maritime Patrol Squadron, British Columbia, and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) P-3C/AP-3C Orion, 92nd Wing, RAAF Maritime Patrol Group (MPG), RAAF Edinburgh, South Australia, sit on the flightline at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam. The aircraft are on station to participate in the joint exercise TANDEM THRUST 03, a joint US, Canada, and Australia exercise conducted in the Marianas islands to include Guam and Tinian

A Kurdish girl stands outside her temporary residence at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, while being housed at the base as part of Operation PACIFIC HAVEN. The operation, a joint humanitarian effort conducted by the US military, entails the evacuation of over 2,100 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

Crew members wearing a"casualty"to sick bay aboard the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9) during the field training Exercise SOLID SHIELD'87

Sailors attached to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Five (EODMU5) repel from a CH-46E "Sea Knight" helicopter attached to the "Providers" of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Five (HC-5) over Orote Point, Santa Rita, Guam