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Navy and Marine mess management specialists aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) make cookies in preparation for the arrival of evacuees from the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia. The SAIPAN is on station off the coast of Liberia FOR Operation Sharp Edge

A plane director on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) signals to the pilot of an AV-88 Harrier aircraft attached to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) during a rehearsal for Operation Sharp Edge. The SAIPAN is on station off the coast of Liberia

Two LCM-8 mechanized landing craft move toward the open well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during Operation Sharp Edge. Marines embarked aboard the SAIPAN are being sent to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, to augment security and evacuate U.S. and foreign nationals from the fighting between government and rebel forces

In Repair Shop 9 (R-9), grinding parts down smooth and clean help preserve the integrity of a ship

A sailor monitors the pressure gauges on one of the boilers aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2). The SAIPAN steamed at flank speed for a week to be on station off the coast of Liberia for Operation Sharp Edge

LT. GEN. Peter T. Kempf, right, commander, 12th Air Force, tours the bridge of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) with the ship's commanding officer during the joint services exercise Solid Shield '89

An HH-46D Sea Knight from Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 6 (HC-6) takes off with a pallet of supplies during an underway replenishment operation aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71). The fleet oiler USNS KANAWHA (T-AO-196) and the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) are in the background. The ROOSEVELT Battle Group is assisting in enforcement of the no-fly zone over Bosnia-Herzegovina during Operation Deny Flight

The Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) guided to the pier by tugboats as her Sailors man the rails. The SAIPAN returned to Naval Station (NS) Norfolk, Virginia (VA), after completing a three-month surge deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT)

A port quarter view of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) underway during the NATO Southern Region exercise DRAGON HAMMER '90. In the background are, from left: the Spanish aircraft carrier SPS PRINCIPE DE ASTURIAS (R-11) the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69 and the Italian light aircraft carrier ITS GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI (C-551)

Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) check their equipment aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) while waiting to board a helicopter during Operation Sharp Edge. The Marines will be flown to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, to augment security and evacuate U.S. and foreign nationals from the fighting between government and rebel forces

A crewman aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) during exercise Ocean Venture '81

The amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LPH-2), lies tied up at the naval station