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A left side view of the 43rd Bombardment Wing B-52G Stratofortress aircraft known as "Darwin's Pride". The aircraft, which is being retired from U.S. Air Force service, will be placed on display in a museum at the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) air command base in Darwin, Australia

Saiolrs and Marines cheer at the conclusion of the "Run Across the Atlantic", a Navy/Marine Corps marathon held aboard the USS GUAM (LPH 9) to honor the Olympic spirit. Captian J. M. Quarterman, commanding officer of the ship, and Colonel J. P. Faulkner, commanding officer of the ship, and Colonel J. P. Faulkner, commanding officer of the 22nd MAU, wave flags. The race began on 4/20 in Rota, Spain, and ended on 5/1 inside the 3-mile limit near Morehead City, North Carolina

A silhouetted right side view of a Marine AH-1 Sea Cobra helicopter on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9) during operations off the coast of Beirut, Lebanon

Line handlers of the submarine tender USS HOLLAND (AS-32) pull in mooring lines in preparation for the ship to get underway for a 45 day

Governor Ricardo J. Bordallo of Guam pins a medal on one of the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal during a Veterans Day memorial service at Skinner Plaza. Colonel J. Karl Miller looks on

A Navy band plays at a welcoming ceremony for crew members of the combat stores ship USS NIAGARA FALLS (AFS 3) at Naval Station Guam

A US Air Force (USAF) B-2 Spirit stealth bomber taxis onto the flightline at Anderson Air Force Base (AFB), Guam (GU), in support of exercise Coronet Bugle 49. The B-2 is deployed to Anderson from Whiteman AFB, Missouri (MO)

Former members of the Guam Combat Patrol, established in October, 1944, and disbanded in August, 1946, await presentation of the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal during a Veteran's Day memorial service at Skinner Plaza

Aerial view showing the tent city living facilities for deployed US Military personnel at Anderson AFB, Guam during Exercise TANDEM TRHUST 99

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Andy McElyanie, B-52H Stratofortress long range bomber aircraft Deputy Mission Lead and Radar Navigator, 23rd Bomb Squadron (BS), 5th Operations Group (OG), 5th Bomb Wing (BW), Minot Air Force Base (AFB), North Dakota (ND), performs final pre-flight safety checks at his station prior to departing Hickam AFB, Hawaii (HI) to fly back to the Bomber Forward Operating Location (BFOL), operated by the 36th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW), at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam (GU), after evacuating Guam because it was threatened by Typhoon Sudal

GUNNERY SGT. Luis Diaz, Facilities Maintenance, Combat Service Support Detachment 37, entertains an evacuee child with a lab-top computer

Army SPECIALIST Brandon Files from the 502nd Military Intelligence Company, Fort Polk, Louisiana, creates identification cards for Kurdish evacuees at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, 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