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On the sail of the US Navy (USN) Los Angeles class Attack Submarine USS TUCSON (SSN 770), a navigation detail led by Commanding Officer Commander (CDR) James Pitts (center), sail their boat out of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Aerial port side view of the US Navy (USN) experimental High Speed Vehicle 2 (HSV 2) Swift tied up pier side on the North side of Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, where it will participate in the Exercise 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 is intended to enhance the tactical proficiency of participating units in a wide array of combined operations at sea, while enhancing stability in the Pacific Rim region

Amphibious Assault Vehicles attached to 3rd Battalion 7th Marines Lima Company off the USS Frederick, a Landing Ship Tank (LST) stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, storm the beach, during a Philippine Marine beach raid at Ternate, Republic of the Philippines, during Exercise BALIKATAN 2001. Exercise BALIKATAN is a combined joint exercise of the Republic of Philippines and the United States. The exercise demonstrates the U.S. resolve to support the Philippines against external aggression consistent with the Mutual Defense Treaty between both nations

A view from the pier at Naval Base Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (HI), showing Sailors standing on deck of the USN LOS ANGELES CLASS: Attack Submarine USS LOUISVILLE (SSN 724), as the ship returns to its home port following a 8-month deployment in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

U.S. Vice President Richard B. Cheney and his wife Lynne Ann Cheney pose for a photoraph with Malalapua Pickard (green dress), 8, and Puaena Pickard (red dress), 10, who greeted the vice president and his wife with traditional Hawaiian leis at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, on Oct. 31, 2004.(PHOTO by Michael Dey, CIV) (Released)

A villager from Palau and his family head out to an island to fish

An airman dressed as Santa is assisted with his helmet as he prepares to push boxes rigged with parachutes out the back of a 374th Airlift Wing C-130 Hercules aircraft to islanders of the Federated States of Micronesia. Flown by crews from the 345th and the 21st Airlift Squadrons, the C-130 is participating in Christmas Drop '92, the 40th anniversary of the humanitarian effort. Every Christmas since 1952, food, clothing, tools and toys donated by residents of Guam have been delivered by air to 40 Micronesian islands

Equipment Operator Second Class (EO2) Larry Fulbright instructs a local worker of Palau in the basic functions of carpentry. After an apprenticeship of one year of training for the local work force, the Seabees hold an awards ceremony for the local residents who are then ready to join the local labor force

The mission commander aboard a 374th Airlift Wing C-130 Hercules aircraft examines the drop zone as he prepares to deliver boxes of gifts to islanders of the Federated States of Micronesia. Flown by crews from the 345th and the 21st Airlift Squadrons, the C-130 is participating in Christmas Drop '92, the 40th anniversary of the humanitarian effort. Every Christmas since 1952, food, clothing, tools and toys donated by residents of Guam have been delivered by air to 40 Micronesian islands

Santa nose art painted on a C-130 Hercules aircraft of the 374th Airlift Wing commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Christmas air drops to islanders of the Federated States of Micronesia. Crews from the 345th and 21st Airlift Squadrons are assigned to fly the C-130 for the Christmas Drop '92 missions. Every Christmas since 1952, food, clothing, tools and toys donated by residents of Guam have been delivered by air to 40 Micronesian islands

CHIEF Steelworker Ignacio P. Lopez converses with local villagers on the island of Yap. Lopez is a U.S. Navy construction battalion member assigned to a Civic Action Team deployed to the area to aid villagers with construction projects and offer vocational training

A container floats toward its island destination after being airdropped from a 374th Tactical Airlift Wing C-130 Hercules aircraft during Christmas Drop container floats toward its destination. The annual airdrop is a humanitarian effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season