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A Minuteman III missile is test launched from Launch Facility 04. The missile traveled approximately 4200 miles in twenty minutes to the Kwajalein Missile Range in Marshall Islands. The test is conducted to prove the reliability of land based nuclear missiles

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) General (GEN) Mike DeCuir, Director of Air and Space Operations (ASO), Headquarters Air Combat Command (ACC), Langley Air Force Base (AFB), Virginia (VA), receives training from MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) David Williams on an ejection seat at Barksdale Air Force Base's new B-52H Stratofortress egress trainer in preparation for a flight to Andersen AFB, Guam (GU)

A quartermaster working on the bridge of the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH-9) uses a drafting machine as he plots the ship's course. The GUAM is returning to Naval Station, Norfolk, Va., following its deployment to the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm

Major General Wayne E. Rollings, Commanding General, Third Marine Expeditonary Force, talks with officers and staff of Bravo Company, 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, during his visit to the housing area in Tiyan, Guam, during Operation PACIFIC HAVEN. PACIFIC HAVEN provided Kurdish evacuees political asylum from Iraq. While on Guam, the Kurds are provided shelter, food, clothing, medical care and assimilation classes for life in the United States

United States Air Force Captain Mike Wollet, left, Captain Jay Clark, center, Major Dean Steele, fly a C-17 Globemaster aircraft loaded with humanitarian earthquake relief cargo bound for India

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Elias Guereca, 613th Contingency Response Group (CRG), Security Forces Squadron (SFS), verbally communicates with his team members while performing a simulated attack on an urban terrorist target during a Special Reaction Team (SRT) Exercise held in the jungles of Guam. The SRT Exercise consists of Military Operation Urban Terrain (MOUT) training, sniper training, navigation training, and breaching techniques. The 613th CRG conducts these exercises twice a month

Equipment and appliances are stacked outside the damaged Four Seasons Store in the aftermath of Typhoon Omar. The storm struck on August 29th, causing severe damage to Andersen; Naval Station, Guam; and the surrounding area

Sixteen different U.S. Air Force 36th Air Expeditionary Wing squadron teams pay respect to the flag during the National Anthem at Arch Light Memorial Park, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, on Jan. 14, 2005. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Bennie J. Davis, III) (RELEASED)

PH1 Ted Salois Tinian, Marianas Islands....Marine PFC. Edwin Childs, his face smeared with camouflage paint, stands in the jungle with his M-16A2 rifle during exercise Kennel Bear '89. PFC. Childs and other Marines from Marine Barracks Guam are acting as aggressors against Seabees from Navy Mobile Construction Battalion 3 and Marines from the 3rd Force Service Support Group. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

A U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Aerial Demonstration Team F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft performs an inverted flight maneuver during a performance for the Open House Air Show, Sept. 12, 2004, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by AIRMAN 1ST Class Kristin Ruleau). (Released)

SRA Eric Ruiter, a security policeman from Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii demonstrates a little American culture for Kurdish children with some "low fives." The children, airlifted from Turkey, were part of Operation Pacific Haven, a U.S. State Department-directed action aimed at evacuating Kurds and other Iraqi opposition groups from the Middle East country's turmoil. Exact Date Shot Unknown Published in AIRMAN Magazine June 1977

A historical marker identifying the significance of the War Dogs. Photograph was taken during the 50TH Anniversary Ceremony of the Liberation of Guam WWII