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A mother waves from the pier as her son departs for the Persian Gulf aboard the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH-9), one of several ships deploying from Norfolk in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. The large harbor tugs WATHENA (YTB-825) and ANOKE (YTB-810) are maneuvering the vessel away from the pier

A woman shops in the commissary at Santo Stefano, a island between the Sardinian coastal town of Palau and the island of La Maddalena. The commissary serves military personnel from Naval Station La Maddalena, who must use a ferry to get to the island

A flight deck crewman signals to a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter as it takes off from the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9), during operations off the coast of Beirut, Lebanon

At Dyess Air Force Base (AFB), Texas, a B-1B Lancer bomber from the 9th Bomb Squadron (BS), takes off on a deployment to Guam in support of our defensive posture in the Pacific region

Sailors aboard the arriving amphibious command ship USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC-19) man the rail as the large harbor tug NOGALES (YTB-777) pulls alongside to assist the ship into the harbor

Personnel of the 43rd Munitions Maintenance Squadron prepare to load a Mark 82 500-pound high-drag bomb aboard a B-52G Stratofortress aircraft of the 60th Bomber Squadron during Exercise HARVEST COCONUT

US Navy (USN) Store Keeper 2nd Class (SK2) Kevan Lamb does a "runner's stretch" at the beginning of group Physical Training (PT) in the Charles King Gym at Naval Base (NB) Guam (GU). SK2 Lamb is attached to the Supply Department of Submarine Squadron 15, the Navys only forward-deployed fast-attack submarine squadron

U.S. Air Force COL. P.K. White, Commander, 36th Air Base, Wing, speaks to service men and woman, and Guamanian veterans at a dedication ceremony in memory of National POW/MIA Day at the Arch Light Memorial, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, on Sept. 14, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Bennie J. Davis III) (RELEASED)

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) DeNoris A. Mickle, Photographer, 36th Communication Squadron (CS), uses a Nikkor 300mm f/2.8 lens and a Nikon D1 digital camera to document the Exercise COPE NORTH on Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam

A view of a monument on the island

Marines from 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Division India Company, practice and perfect a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personal (TRAP) during Exercise KOA THUNDER 2001. KOA THUNDER is an exercise involving elements of 1ST Marine Air Wing (MAW), and 3rd Marine Division, where Marines conduct an Operational Readiness Exercise (ORE). The Aviation Support Element (ASE) from Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, will be tested on command and control of several different missions, to include a TRAP, airfield seizures, and a Noncombatant Evacuation Operation (NEO)

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) John Beldin (left) and USAF SSGT Landon Favors both Weapons Loaders assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing (BW), load a Conventional Air Launch Cruise Missile onto a USAF B-52H Stratofortress aircraft while deployed with the 7th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM