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U.S. Navy line handlers from the Harpers Ferry Class Dock Landing Ship USS OAK HILL (LSD 51) stand by to assist the Whidbey Island Class Dock Landing Ship USS ASHLAND (LSD 48) for deployment from Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek on November 16, 2006. The ASHLAND will relieve Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) in the 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN John Suits) (Released)

U.S. Navy Quartermaster Second Class Jason Lentz checks the distance between his ship, the Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2), and the Military Sealift Command Henry J. Kaiser Class Oiler USNS LEROY GRUMMAN (T-AO 195) in preparation for an underway replenishment operation in the Gulf of Aden on Sept. 9, 2006. SAIPAN is currently underway conducting maritime security operations in the Persian Gulf. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST Third Class Gary L. Johnson III) (Released)

Two LCM 6 mechanized landing craft approach the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2)

Starboard bow view of the US Navy (USN) TARAWA CLASS: Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) underway off the coast of Virginia Beach

AB-8B Harrier aircraft of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 362 (HMH-362) are positioned on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) as the vessel is underway in support of maritime interdiction operations

AIRMAN (AN) Rodney Williams of Memphis, Tennessee, removes the tire stops and chains from a MV-22B Osprey's landing gear prior to its launch

A historical marker on the U. S. Naval Base, Guam that identifies the significance of the Marine Barracks site. PHOTO was taken during the 50TH Anniversary Ceremony for the Liberation of Guam (WWII)

Crewmen of the combat stores ship USS NIAGARA FALLS (AFS 3) pose for a group picture upon arriving at Naval Station Guam

AH-1T Sea Cobra helicopters and CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters line the flight deck as a forklift operator moves cargo aboard the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH-9), stationed off the coast of Beirut. The ship is providing support to U.S. Marines deployed in Lebanon as part of a multi-national peacekeeping force following confrontation between Israeli forces and the Palestine Liberation Organization

Cracks run through a parking lot in the aftermath of an earthquake that struck the region on August 8th

Admiral (ADM) Thomas Fargo, USN, Commander Pacific Fleet, watches as Lieutenant (LT) Shane Osborn, USN, Commander of the USN EP-3 Aries II aircraft involved in the March 31st accident with a Chinese F-8 aircraft, prepares to address the crowd, as he is welcomed at Hickam AFB, Hawaii. The crew arrived at Hickam AFB, HI from Anderson AB, Guam on board an USAF C-17 Globemaster III aircraft, as part of Operation VALIANT RETURN. The EP-3 crew members were detained in China for 17 days prior to being released