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Members of Battery C, 1ST Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment, hook an M198 155 mm Howitzer to the sling of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during Exercise OPPORTUNE JOURNEY 2-86 in the Pohakuloa Training Area

The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force fleet support ship TOWADA (AOE-422) departs from the naval station after a visit.

CPL Leo Flack from Marine Security Group 17 surveys the new radar dome site foundation

The dock landing ship USS GERMANTOWN (LSD-42) approaches the fleet oiler USNS ANDREW J. HIGGINS (T-AO-190) for an underway replenishment in the waters off Saipan during Operation Tandem Thrust

An H-53 Sea Stallion helicopter lifts off the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) during the NATO exercise Display Determination '81. The other helicopters are from left to right: an AH-1 Sea Cobra, an H-53 Sea Stallion and an H-46 Sea Knight

Aerial port bow view of the Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) as it sails in the Mediterranean Sea on Aug. 24, 2006. SAIPAN is currently underway conducting maritime security operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Patrick W. Mullen III) (Released)

A port beam view of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) underway during exercise Ocean Venture '81

Two AH-1 Sea Cobra and a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter are secured on the deck of the amphibious ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) during NATO exercise Display Determination '81

Three Marines man a security post overlooking a road outside the United States Embassy. Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU), deployed aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2), were sent to augment security at the embassy as part of Operation SHARP EDGE

Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) gather in the hangar bay aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) for a briefing on the situation in and around Monrovia, Liberia, and the rules of engagement governing their mission once ashore. The SAIPAN is on station off the coast of Liberia for Operation Sharp Edge

Ships from four nations sail in formation during the NATO Southern Region exercise DRAGON HAMMER '90. The ships are, from front: amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2), the Spanish aircraft carrier SPS PRINCIPE DE ASTURIAS (R-11), the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69), the Italian light aircraft carrier ITS GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI (C-551), and the British light aircraft carrier HMS INVINCIBLE (R-05)

Artwork: "Shock Tent," Saipan- Artist: Robert Benney