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Upon his arrival in Hawaii, the pilot of this Air Force F-16A Fighting Falcon aircraft who has just landed, receives the traditional ring of flowers around his neck and a kiss from a pretty lady. The F-16A is from the 428th Tactical Fighter Squadron located at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, and is here to fly with Marine F-4 Phantom aircraft in support of Hawaii-based Army units. The event is a Joint Chiefs of STAFF exercise, which will last for one month (2 Oct to 2 Nov 1981)

US Marine Lance Corporal (LCPL) Walter Embser armed with 5.56mm M16a2 assault rifle covers his face from a barrage of dust and debris stirred up by The US Navy Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC 73) departing from Kaneohe Bay Marine Corps Station, HI. Marine and Naval Personnel from conducted simulated Noncombatant Evacuation Exercises as part of Operation RIMPAC 96

Members of Battery C, 1ST Bn., 12th Marines, prepare an M-198 155mm howitzer for a move to another position during operation Valiant Fire II

US AIr Force Lieutenant Colonel Fred Cheney, 25th Air Support Operations Squadron, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, briefs members of the Air Force Board on planned future procurements and projected needs

A starboard view of the dock landing ship USS ANCHORAGE (LSD-36) underway in the channel as it departs from the naval station. The ANCHORAGE is en route to its home port of Naval Station, San Diego, Calif., after serving in the Persian Gulf region during Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm.

An S-3A Viking aircraft and two F-14A Tomcat aircraft are respotted near the stern of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) during flight operations near Hawaii. The Tomcat at left is from Fighter Squadron 114 (VF-114); the Tomcat at center is from Fighter Squadron 213 (VF-213)

Artwork: Portrait of AIRMAN First Class James Mathis, II Operating Location-B, 1957th Communications Group, Wheeler Air Force Base, Hawaii, selected as one of 1984's Outstanding Airmen. Artist: MASTER Sergeant Larrie Jenkins, US Air Force

Sergeant Major Mellinger, Sergeant Major Marine Forces Pacific, passes the Marine Forces Pacific Colors to Lieutent General Hailston, Commander Marine Forces Pacific, during the Marine Forces Pacific change of command at Marine Corp Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay

US Navy (USN) Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 1, Detachment (DET) 3, members stand by on the surface, waiting for the rest of their team to enter the water. DET 3 is conducting Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus (SCUBA) training on the 178-foot Sea Tiger, a sunken Japanese freighter, located in 120 feet below off Oahu's south shore

Exercise controllers from the 29th Infantry Brigade, Hawaii Army National Guard, discuss a dispute between competing forces with the commander of the 1ST Battalion, 14th Infantry Division, 25th Infantry Division, during the joint US/South Korean Exercise TEAM SPIRIT '86. In the background is an M60 tank

The destroyer USS ELLIOT (DD-967) approaches the entrance to the Pearl Harbor channel as it arrives for a visit to Naval Station, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The ELLIOT is en route to its home port of Naval Station, San Diego, Calif., after serving in the Persian Gulf region during Operation Desert Storm.

ESPN (Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) commentators and former NFL (National Football League) players Mike Golic (pointing), Mark Schlereth (left), Green Bay Packer fullback William Henderson and US Navy (USN) Sailors watch the 2005 NFL Super Bowl in the galley onboard the Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer USS RUSSELL (DDG 59). Golic, Schlereth and Henderson were invited for a visit to the RUSSELL to watch the Super Bowl with the ship's crew, have lunch and tour the ship