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Russian Federation Navy Captain (CAPT) Andrey Shuvalov speaks with US Navy (USN) Officers, during his visit to the bridge of the USN Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser (Aegis) USS COWPENS (CG 63), during the opening phases of a joint US-Russian Naval Exercise. A Russian Federation Navy vessel made the first visit to the US Territory of Guam in order to participate in a joint humanitarian assistance and disaster relief exercise

The first Kurdish evacuee to become an American due to her birth on US soil at Naval Hospital Guam is measured by US Navy Lieutenant Joyce Siler as the infant's grandmother keeps an eye on the procedure. The 8 lb. 13 oz. girl was named Helan, which means "leaving" in arabic. Helan will avoid the immigration processing required for the other Kurdish evacuees of Operation PACIFIC HAVEN currently being housed at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. 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...

A worker uses an electric arc welder on the fuselage of a B-52D aircraft, one of three that are being scrapped in accordance with the SALT II treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Mark A. Muna, from Mangilao, Guam, an Aeromedical Technician, with the 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (AES), Ramstein Air Base (AB), Germany, explains the mission and capabilities of the C-9 Nightingale Aeromedical aircraft to a visitor at the African Aerospace Defense Exhibition and Air Show at Air Force Base (AFB) Waterkloof, South Africa

Colonel J. P. Faulkner, commanding officer of the 22nd MAU, congratulates Aviation Boastwain's Mate Fuels 3rd Class (ABF3) J. Deshaies as the Navy runner with the most Olympic spirit during the Guam's "Run Across the Atlantic". The trans-Alantic marathon began April 20th in Rota, Spain, and ended May 1st inside the 3-mile limit near Morehead City, North Carolina

A B-52D Stratofortress aircraft waits beside the runway as a B-52G approaches for landing after completing a bombing mission over North Vietnam during Operation LINEBACKER. The aircraft are from the Strategic Air Command

Workers take apart the nose of a B-52D Stratofortress bomber aircraft, one of three discarded in accordance with the SALT II treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union

A starboard bow view of the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH-9) entering the roadstead upon returning from sea following the passage of Hurricane Felix out of the area. The Spruance-class destroyers USS DEYO (DD-989), USS ARTHUR W. RADFORD (DD-968) and USS JOHN ROGERS (DD-983) are following behind the GUAM

A Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron 5 (VQ-5) plane director gives the stop command to the pilot of the Navy's first operational ES-3A Viking aircraft. The aircraft is being delivered to VQ-5

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to A/Company, 1ST Battalion, 17th Infantry Division armed with 5.56mm M16A2 assault rifles take up defensive position at Orote Point, Guam, during Exercise TANDEM THRUST '99

A CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter prepares to take off from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9) during flight operations off the coast of Beirut. The ship is providing support to US Marines deployed in Lebanon as part of a multi-national peacekeeping force following confrontation between Israeli forces and the Palestine Liberation Organization

Hospital Corpsman Third Class (HM3) Raymond Munn, Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Five (HCSS5), from Cheyenne, Wyoming, works Oscar the trauma victim during an overland Search And Rescue (SAR) training exercise