Search results

Army SPECIALIST Brandon Files from the 502nd Military Intelligence Company, Fort Polk, Louisiana, creates identification cards for Kurdish evacuees at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, as part of Operation PACIFIC HAVEN. The operation, a joint humanitarian effort conducted by the US military, entails the evacuation of over 2,100 Kurds from northern Iraq to avoid retaliation from Iraq for working with the US government and international humanitarian agencies. The Kurds will be housed at Andersen AFB, while they go through the immigration process for residence in the United States

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CAPT) Roper Worley, the 44th Fighter Squadron (FS), Kadena Air Force Base (AFB), Okinawa, Japan, removes his helmet after conducting a routine mission in his F-15 Eagle fighter

Scaffolding covers the superstructure of the USS HALEAKALA (AE-25) as the ammunition ship undergoes repair

A view of a section of the US Naval Ship Repair Facility with the combat stores ship USS NIAGARA FALLS (AFS 3) moored at left

A CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9) during Operation URGENT FURY off the coast of Grenada

A US Navy (USN) Sailor assigned to Mobile Security Squadron 7 (MSS-7), armed with 5.56 mm M4 carbines, equipped with blank firing devices, provide security as Exercise participants board a Russian Federated Navy (RFN) KA-27 Helix helicopter at Santa Rita Naval Base, Guam (GU), during a joint humanitarian assistance, disaster relief exercise. RFN ships are participating in Passing Exercise 2006 (PASSEX 06) with USN ships off the coast of Guam. The Exercise is designed to increase interoperability between the two navies while enhancing the strong cooperative relationship between Russia and the US

Members of a firefighting team, some wearing oxygen breathing apparatuses, stand ready for a drill aboard the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9)

Kurdish evacuees relax outside a family housing complex used as their temporary lodging at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during Operation PACIFIC HAVEN. The operation, a joint humanitarian effort conducted by the US military, entails the evacuation of approximately 2,400 Kurds from northern Iraq to avoid retaliation from Iraq for working with the US government and international humanitarian agencies. The Kurds will be housed at Andersen AFB, while they go through the immigration process for residence in the United States

A US Air Force (USAF) B-52 Stratofortress Bomber deployed from Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana, lands at Andersen AFB, Guam, in support of the 7th Air Expeditionary Wing's mission

Missile re-entries mark the sky with streaks of light above a station

U.S. Air Force STAFF Sergeants Tanny Valdes and Philip Taijeron from Guam, deployed to the 3rd Air Expeditionary Group at Kwang-Ju Air Base, Republic of Korea, install electrical outlets in the medical services Small Shelter System on Sept. 3, 2004. (U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sergeant Corey A. Clements) (Released)

A port side view showing the Russian Federated Navy (RFN) Dubna Class Replenishment Oiler, PECHENGA, being escorted by a harbor patrol craft as it enter Apra Harbor, Guam (GU). The ship is one of four RFN Ships participating with two US Navy Ships in Passing Exercise 2006 (PASSEX 06) off the coast of Guam. PASSEX 06 is an exercise designed to increase interoperability between the two navies while enhancing the strong cooperative relationship between Russia and the United States