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Kurdish children take advantage of Guam's warm climate by relaxing outside their temporary residence at Andersen Air Force Base 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

One F-15C Eagle aircraft from the 18th Tactical Fighter Wing holds position as another receives fuel from 22nd Air Refueling Wing KC-10A Extender aircraft during Exercise Giant Warrior '89

Evacuees from Naval Station, Subic Bay and Naval Air Station, Cubi Point stand in line for processing en route to the United States. Civilian and military personnel and their dependents are being evacuated from the Philippines in the aftermath of Mount Pinatubo's eruption as part of Operation FIERY VIGIL.

The US Navy (USN) Los Angeles Class Attack Submarine USS SAN FRANCISCO (SSN 711) departs its former homeport of Apra Harbor, Guam, escorted by the Goliath a tug based at Piti Guam, for its journey across the Pacific Ocean to her new homeport of Bremerton, Washington (WA). The SAN FRANCISCO was part of Submarine Squadron 15 operating from the Mariana Islands

A CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 6 (HC-6), Detachment 3, delivers supplies to the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH-9) during vertical replenishment off the coast of Lebanon

Portside view of the US Navy (USN) Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70) departing Naval Station (NS) Marianas, Guam (GU), after a four-day port visit. An SH-60 Seahawk helicopter is flying off the port stern of the ship

Members of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit run past Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters secured on the bow of the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH-9) during morning physical training (PT)

Straight on medium shot of US Marine GUNNERY Sergeant Elder, Platoon Sergeant, 2nd Platoon, Company A, 5th Force Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marines, lands safely with his MC5 Freefall Square Parachute after completing a 9-thousand foot combat jump from a USAF C-130 Hercules aircraft (Not shown) during Force Reconnaissance Exercises at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam

Sailors of the submarine tender USS HOLLAND (AS-32) line the rails as the ship prepares to dock after 45 days at sea

U.S. Marine Lance Corporals Eric Brady and Chad Mullin train with an 83 mm Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon (SMAW) aboard the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9). The GUAM is in transit to the Persian Gulf in response to a US Central Command (US CENTCOM) request for an increased military presence in the region. Operation SOUTHERN WATCH, 13 February 1998

Sailors man the rails aboard the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH-9) as the vessel prepares to depart from port

A USO sign at Naval Station Guam welcomes the crewmen of the combat stores ship USS NIAGARA FALLS (AFS 3) into port