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US President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush escorted by US Navy (USN) Admiral (ADM) Thomas B. Fargo, Commander US Pacific Command, aboard the Admirals barge of Commander, Naval Region Hawaii, for a visit aboard the retired battleship USS Missouri (BB 63), and the USS Arizona Memorial. President Bush stopped in Hawaii on his way back from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum in Thailand, the Philippines, Japan, Singapore, and Bali, where he discussed security and the continued fight against terrorism. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), is the premier forum for facilitating economic growth, cooperation, trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific region. In the...

US Marines from 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, Weapons Company, fire an 240G during a training exercise at Pohakuloa Training area on the Big Island of Hawaii

Close up of roses placed on the Grave marker for Sergeant (SGT), Harold A. Spatz, 17th Army Air Force, Bomb Group, who served during WW II. The Gravesite is located at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii

Father Nobincoio Fernandez offers a prayer by radio from the deck of the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB 63) during a ceremony remembering the colony of Hansen's disease victims on Molokai, Hawaii. The ceremony was a reenactment of an event that took place when the Great White Fleet sailed around the world in 1907-1909. The MISSOURI is beginning a cruise to Australia and around the world

SSGT Miller and SGT Lindland, members of the combat control team (CCT), set up the M-60 machine gun

Two wreath bearers one US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine and one US Navy (USN) Sailor stage the memorial wreath at the Kaneohe Klipper Ceremony, on December 7, 2004, at Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH) Kaneohe Bay

A view of the USS ARIZONA Memorial, it spans the wreck of the Battleship USS ARIZONA (BB 39). The vessel was destroyed in the opening moments of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941. The ship is the final resting place for over 1,100 crewmen

A view of the barbette foundation of the No. 3 gun turret of the battleship USS ARIZONA (BB 39)

Uniformed members of the cultural troupe embarked aboard the Chinese navy training vessel Zheng He stand aboard the ship during a ceremony marking the ship's arrival. The Zheng He is in Hawaii for a cultural exchange visit

Private First Class (PFC) Chad Thomas, USMC, Head Quarters Battalion, Marine Corp Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay executes a blouse inflation maneuver while participating in swim qualification at the base swimming pool

Marines from 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, India Company, role-play as an opposing force defending a third-world county at Pacific Missle Range Facility, Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii, against Marines from 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Camp Pendleton, California, who attacked with Assault Amphibious Vehicles (AAV) and Marines from the 11th MEUs Ground Combat Element during RIMPAC 96. The amphibious assault involved Navy and Marine air, ground and sea forces for training as a combined amphibious assault force

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) James Schlimmer, an Anesthesiologist with the 133rd Minnesota (MN) Air National Guard (ANG) Medical Squadron (MS), puts a young US Marine Corps (USMC) female under before performing surgery at Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii (HI)