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Port side view of the US Navy (USN) NIMITZ CLASS: Aircraft Carrier, USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70), being assisted by tugboats as the ship enters the harbor at Apra Harbor, Guam

The first Kurdish evacuee to become an American due to her birth on US soil at Naval Hospital Guam is examined 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...

STAFF SGT. Jesse Quinata of the 43rd Field Maintenance Squadron AGE (aerospace ground equipment) branch works with an external power generator in front of B-52 Stratofortress aircraft of the 43rd Bombardment Group

The salvage ship USS BOLSTER (ARS 38) prepares to set anchor offshore of the island

Sailors from U.S. Naval Station, Guam, work at the sign-in desk at a temporary evacuation center during Operation Fiery Vigil. The center was set up to process military dependents who were evacuated from the Philippines after volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Pinatubo disrupted operations at Clark Air Base and Naval Station, Subic Bay.

Civilian evacuees board a US Marine Corps (USMC) CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 (HMM-262), Futenma, Japan, during a simulated non-combatant evacuation operation (NEO) at US Naval Forces Marianas Support Activity, Guam. The simulated NEO is part of Exercise TANDEM THRUST 2003, a joint military endeavor including forces from the United States, Canada and Australia

During a Sequential CRRC (Combat Rubber Raiding Craft) training, members of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit FIVE, perform a static line jump from a US Air Force C-130 over Apra Harbor, Guam

Air Force personnel prepare to board the last C-130 Hercules aircraft back to Guam, after four days of directing other C-130s in and offloading them for the Navy seabees, who will stay to participate in Exercise Kennel Bear '4-82

Side view of the wreckage of a World War II F4U Corsair fighter aircraft that crashed on approach to the Orote Airfield main runway in 1944. The site is along the Guam Historical Trail about 320 meters south of the main runway

US Navy (USN) Aviation Electricians Mate Third Class (AE3) Tiana Dalli hand wipes sections of an F/A-18C Hornet, Strike Fighter Squadron 195 (VFA 195), Dambusters, during Carrier Air Wing (CAW) 5's training on Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam

A member of a firefighting team is aided by a teammate as he dons an oxygen breathing apparatus prior to a drill aboard the amphibous assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9)

Marines exit from a CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter aboard the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9), as the 22nd Marine Amphibious Unit redeploys from Beirut at the conclusion of a multinational peacekeeping operation