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The flag-draped casket of the Unknown Serviceman of the Vietnam Era is placed on the pier by a joint service honor guard in preparation for a wreath-laying ceremony. The casket will be transported to California aboard the frigate USS BREWTON (FF 1086), and then transferred to Arlington National Cemetery for interment at the Tomb of the Unknowns

A bow on view showing the US Navy (USN) USS Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS BONHOMME RICHARD (LHD 6) underway exiting the harbor at Navy Base (NB) Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (HI) for the start of the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2006 Exercises. A harbor patrol craft is visible in the foreground. RIMPAC is the largest biennial maritime exercise, which brings together military forces from Australia, Canada, Chile, Peru, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom and the US

Members of the 1ST Battalion, 35th Infantry, 2nd Brigade, 25th Inanftry Division, fan out from the landing zone during an airmobile combat assault at the US Army's Pohakuloa Training Area, during training Exercise OPPORTUNE JOURNEY 4-83. The troops are wearing MILES (Mutiple Intergrated Laser Engagement System) gear. (SUBSTANDARD)

A CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 (HMM-262) lands to drop off Marines from Company E, 2nd Bn., 3rd Marines, Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, during a combat readiness evaluation exercise

The amphibious assault ship USS NEW ORLEANS (LPH-11) is docked and waiting to be loaded. After loading, it and men of the 31st Marine Amphibious Unit will deploy to the Western Pacific for exercises

Lieutenant General Frank Libutti, (right), Commanding General, Marine Forces Pacific, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii, Lieutenant General George R. Christmas (Ret), (left), and Lieutenant General Lee, Republic of Korea Marine Corps (Ret) sit down for a luncheon during Exercise ULCHI FOCUS LENS 2000, Palan, South Korea. "ULCHI FOCUS LENS, held since 1976, is a computer-simulated, command-post exercise held to evaluate and improve operations in the defense of South Korea. There is no field training."

An aerial view of Pearl Harbor with the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ENTERPRISE (CVN-65) visible to the left, bottom, and the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70) visible to the right

GEN Colin Powell, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of STAFF, pauses during his speech at the Sunset Ceremony for Pearl Harbor survivors at the Arizona Memorial Visitors Center. The ceremony is part of day-long observances commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

Members of Battery B, 1ST Bn., 12th Marines, prepare to fire an M-198 155mm howitzer during Operation Valiant Fire II

A starboard view of the guided missile frigate USS Gary (FFG-51) underway near Hawaii

Crew members man the rails aboard the guided missile cruiser USS CHOSIN (CG-65) as the ship passes the USS ARIZONA MEMORIAL during an observance commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

Admiral Sylvester R. Foley Jr., commander in chief, US Pacific Fleet, speaks during the designation and departure ceremony for the Unknown Serviceman of the Vietnam Era. The Unknown's flag-draped casket is in the foreground. At the conclusion of the ceremony, the Unknown will be placed aboard the USS BREWTON (FF 1086) for transport to Naval Air Station, Alameda, California