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The LOS ANGELES class Attack Submarine USS TUCSON (SSN 770) glides past the mouth of Apra Harbor, Guam. The attack submarine has twelve launch missile tubes for Tomahawk cruise missiles to provide defense capabilities and retractable bow planes to give the vessel increased maneuverability. With it's stealth design, endurance, and mobility the TUCSON is able to operate in all ocean areas of the world. She is the 59th of her class and homeported out of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Mr. Paul Witek speaks on behalf of his brother, Private First Class (PFC) Frank Witek, during the Congressional Medal of Honor Monument dedication ceremony. PFC Witek is among four Marines being honored for heroism during World War II. The other men are Captain Louis Wilson, Jr., PFC Leonard Mason, PFC Luther Skaggs

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Chad Alexander (back to camera), Crew CHIEF, 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), marshals a USAF 325th Bomb Squadron (BS), 509th Bomb Wing (BW), B-2 Spirit multi-role stealth bomber, from Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB), Missouri (MO), into its parking spot at Andersen AFB, Guam (GU), as he participates in Exercise CORONET BUGLE 49, which is part of an Air Combat Command (ACC) Global Power mission

A UH-1N helicopter approaches for a landing on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH-9) as another UH-1N prepares to take off. The helicopters are participating in flight operations off the coast of Beirut, Lebanon

A bow view of the salvage and rescue ship USS BRUNSWICK (ATS-3) as it approaches Majuro Atoll in the Marshall Islands. 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

Crew members wearing nuclear, biological and chemical warfare gear stand by while participating in a"casualty"evacuation drill aboard the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9) during the field training Exercise SOLID SHIELD'87

A C-5 Galaxy aircraft out of Travis Air Force Base, California, lands at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, to deliver power trucks from Hawaii that will aid the Guam Power Authority in restoring power to the island after Typhoon Paka

Sailors remove trash from the submarine tender USS HOLLAND (AS-32) in preparation for liberty call following a 45 day period at sea

The US Navy (USN) Varsity Soccer team plays against the Russian Federation Navy (RFN) Soccer team, in an exhibition match at Blue Jacket Field, at Santa Rita, Guam (GU). RFN ships are in Guam participating in Exercise PASSEX 06, an exercise designed to increase interoperability between the two navies while enhancing the strong cooperative relationship between Russia and the United States

US Navy Admiral (ADM) Joseph W. Prueher, Commander in CHIEF U.S. Pacific Command, talks with members of Guam's media at Andersen AFB, Guam, during OPERATION PACIFIC HAVEN. Pacific Haven, a joint humanitarian operation conducted by the U.S. Military, evacuated over 2,100 Kurds from Northern Iraq. The evacuees will be housed temporarily at Andersen AFB, Guam, while they go through the immigration process for residence into the United States

STAFF SGT. Dan Lee, a staff member of the Hawaii National Guard Youth Challenge program, gives a little instruction to one of the new corps members in the group. The program offers troubled youths a second chance at getting a high school education and improving their prospects for the future.(Published in AIRMAN Magazine May 1996 ) Exact Date Shot Unknown

The amphibious assault ship USS TRIPOLI (LPH-10) heads toward the mouth of the channel as it departs from the naval station after a visit. The TRIPOLI is en route to its home port of Naval Station, San Diego, Calif., after serving in the Persian Gulf region during Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm.