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A US Navy (USN) UH-3H Sea King helicopter, Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 85 (HC-85), Golden Gators, Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI), California (CA), takes off from the flightdeck of the USN Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS TARAWA (LHA 1). The TARAWA is participating in Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2004. RIMPAC is the largest international maritime exercise in the waters around the Hawaiian Islands. This years exercise includes seven participating nations: Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, South Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States. RIMPAC enhances the tactical proficiency of participating units in a wide array of combined operations at sea, while enhancing...

Pacific Air Forces Commander in CHIEF, LGEN James D. Hughes (right), and Air Force CHIEF of STAFF, GEN Lew Allen Jr. salute during GEN Hughes retirement ceremonies

Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman Jr. and his wife visit the bridge of the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63)

Crew members man the rails of the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) as the ship passes the USS ARIZONA Memorial

The US Navy (USN) Pacific Fleet Band performs during a Welcoming Ceremony for the USN Military Sealift Command (MSC), Hospital Ship, USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), as it arrives during a port visit at Navy Base Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (HI). The USNS MERCY is starting a scheduled five-month deployment to deliver aid and humanitarian assistance to the Pacific Islands, and Southeast Asia

Commanding General, Marine Forces Pacific, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii, Lieutenant General Frank Libutti stands with Lieutenant General Kim Myung Kwan, Commandant of Republic of Korea Marine Corps, as they prepare to pass the operational colors for Exercise ULCHI FOCUS LENS 2000. "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."

Members of the Battalion Landing Team, 1ST Bn., 3rd Marines, check unit locations in a command post tent during a combat readiness exercise

Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman Jr., center, shakes hands during his visit aboard the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63)

A sailor stands at attention as the battleship USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62) passes the USS ARIZONA Memorial

The battleship USS MISSOURI (BB-63) stands moored to a pier during an observance commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

CHIEF MASTER SGT. of the Air Force David Campanale demonstrates his conversation with his hands during lunch with CHIEF MASTER SGT. Richardson, USPACOM, and CHIEF MASTER SGT. Brady, 15th Air Base Wing. Exact Date Shot Unknown

A mobile communications van and an MB-19 generator set stand on the beach during inshore undersea warfare operations