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LCDR Miguel Fernandez, liaison officer for Spanish Destroyer Squadron 21, and CAPT J. W. Renard, commanding officer of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) talk together aboard the SAIPAN. The SAIPAN is taking part in exercise Ocean Venture '81, a joint U.S. and Spanish naval exercise

US Navy (USN) GUNNER's Mate Second Class (GM2) Benjamin Clark (background), observes as USN Photographer's Mate Second Class (PH2) Herbert Banks, fires a 7.62 mm M60 general purpose machine gun, during weapons qualifications aboard the USN Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2), while the ship is underway conducting training in the Atlantic Ocean

An LCM 6 mechanized landing craft is piloted past the docking well of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during NATO Exercise NORTHERN WEDDING 86. Two CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters are on the flight deck

Ships from four nations sail in formation during the NATO Southern Region exercise Dragon Hammer '90. In the left foreground is the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2). 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), the Italian light aircraft carrier ITS GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI (C-551) and the British light aircraft carrier HMS INVINCIBLE (R-05)

Mrs. Joan Dawson receives cased colors for 4th Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, during the dedication ceremony for an artillery gun park in Camp Lejeune, NC. The park is named after her brother USMC Private First Class (PFC) Harold C. Agerholm, 4th Battalion, 10th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, who received the Medal of Honor posthumously during World War II for action against Japanese forces on Saipan and rescuing forty-five casualties under heavy enemy fire

Aerial port quarter view of the amphibious assault ship USS Saipan (LHA-2) tied up on the north side of pier 6. In the upper left of the photo is a Los Angeles class nuclear-powered attack submarine arriving in company of two YTBs

Marines pile up sandbags that are being filled on the beach at the edge of the US Embassy compound. 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

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) called the"Scan Eagle"launches from a pneumatic wedge catapult launcher on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during operations in the Atlantic Ocean on Aug. 23, 2006. The"Scan Eagle"is designed to provide persistent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data, battle damage assessment and communications relay in support of the Global War on Terrorism. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Patrick W. Mullen III) (Released)

The amphibious assault ship USS INCHON (LPH-12), left, the amphibious transport dock USS PONCE (LPD-15), center, and the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) lie tied up at the naval station

Marines on the hangar deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) fill their magazines with ammunition before boarding helicopters for transportation to Monrovia, Liberia, to evacuate dependents and non-essential U.S. Embassy staff from the midst of the fighting between Liberian government forces and rebel factions

Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) practice body-search techniques on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) in preparation for Operation Sharp Edge. The SAIPAN is on station off the coast of Liberia

Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit prepare to fire their 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