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An uprooted palm tree shows the effects of the 104 miles per hour (mph) winds a rain that struck the base housing area on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during Typhoon Chata'an. The typhoon scattered debris and trees causing damage to buildings, houses, and vehicles

A truck is pinned under steam pipes that fell during an earthquake which struck the region on August 8th

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15C Eagle, 67th Fighter Squadron (FS), Kadena Air Base (AB), Okinawa, peels off from a two ship formation with a US Marine Corps (USMC) F/A-18D Hornets, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (All Weather)-224 (VMFA(AW)-224), Iwakuni, Japan, above Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam, during Exercise COPE NORTH. COPE NORTH is an exercise that includes troops from the US Air Force, US Marines, and US Navy training with troops from the Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JASDF)

U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Charles Leidig, right, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Marianas, Navy Region Marianas, gives the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV), the Honorable Dr. Donald C. Winter, a tour of Naval Base Guam on Aug 25, 2006. The SECNAV is in Guam to get a first-hand look at the work being done by U.S. Navy Sailors and U.S. Marine Corps Marines stationed in the Pacific Region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 1ST Class Shawn P. Eklund) (Released)

Marine Corps Colonel J. Karl Miller, commander, Marine Barracks Guam, speaks at the Congressional Medal of Honor Monument dedication ceremony. The monument was erected to honor four Marines for their heroism during World War II. They are Captain Louis Wilson Jr., Private First Class (PFC) Leonard Mason, PFC Luther Skaggs and PFC Frank Witek

Lance Corporal Gregorio Alvarez, lying in the prone position, and unidentified Marines with Company A, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, the ground combat element for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), ensure that there is no avenue of approach uncovered during Training in an Urban Environment Exercise (TRUEX) 99-2. The training is conducted to prepare 31st MEU Marines on the unique situations encountered when operating in urban environments and performing missions including non-combatant evacuations, humanitarian assistance and show-of-force operations

A view of the sign at the main entrance to the base. In the background, a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft comes in to land

Marines on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9) prepare to board a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter during Operation URGENT FURY. They are armed with M16A1 rifles

Hangers that housed ground equipment and a C-130 received heavy damage during Hurricane Omar. These hangers belong to VRC-50, a U.S. Navy squadron based at Anderson AFB, Guam

CAPT William J. Luti, Commanding Officer of the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9), explains some of the ship's navigation equipment to Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen during his visit to the ship. Guam was one of many stops the Cohens made throughout Europe where they celebrated the holidays with some of the over 230,000 service members stationed there

Marines go aboard a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9) during Operation URGENT FURY

Sailors man the rails of the USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC 19) while docking at the Sierra Pier, Guam during Exercise TANDEM THRUST 99