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A starboard bow view of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) underway during NATO Exercise NORTHERN WEDDING 86

A V-22 Osprey sits beside a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter on the USS SAIPANs (LHA 2) flight deck

A Marine of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit prepares to fire his M-249 squad automatic weapons from the stern of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) during weapons training held prior Operation Sharp Edge. The SAIPAN is on station off the coast of Liberia

Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) board a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) 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 CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) lifts off the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) as an AV-8B Harrier aircraft is readied for takeoff during Operation Sharp Edge. Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) 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

U.S. Navy Sailors aboard a Landing Craft Vehicle personnel boat is lowered over the side of the Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during operations in the Gulf of Aden on Sept. 6, 2006. SAIPAN is currently underway conducting maritime security operations in the Persian Gulf. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN McKinley Cartwright) (Released)

Port bow view of the US Navy (USN) TARAWA CLASS: Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) underway off the coast of Virginia Beach, Virginia (VA)

Marines cross the deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) to board a Marine CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter

Marines on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) board a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) for transportation to Monrovia, Liberia, to evacuate dependents and non-essential U.S. Embassy staff from the midst of fighting between Liberian government forces and rebel factions

Four US Marines Corps OV-10 Bronco aircraft are parked on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2)

A silhouetted port beam view of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) and the tank landing ship USS BARNSTABLE COUNTY (LST-1197) underway during Exercise Crisex '81

During a man overboard drill the US Navy (USN) Landing Craft Personnel Large (LCPL) is lowered over the side of the USN Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2)