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The first Kurdish evacuee to become an American due to her birth on US soil at Naval Hospital Guam is given a basic pediatric examination by US Navy Lieutenant Joyce Siler. 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 2400 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...

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) John Rizzo, from the 7th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron (EMXS), untangles a landing Drag-chute for a B-52 Stratofortress bomber at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam

A flight deck crewman talks to a Marine who is preparing to board a helicopter for transfer from the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH-9), to Beirut, Lebanon, for duty as a member of a multinational peacekeeping force

US Navy (USN) Admiral (ADM) Thomas Fargo, Commander, Pacific Fleet, looks on as USN Lieutenant (LT) Shane Osborn, Commander of the USN EP-3 "Aries II" aircraft, involved in the March 31st accident with a Chinese F-8 aircraft, addresses the crowd at Hickam AFB, Hawaii (HI). The aircrafts crewmembers arrived at Hickam AFB, HI from Andersen AFB Guam, as a part of Operation VALIANT RETURN. The EP-3 crewmembers were detained in China for 17-days prior to being released

Left to right: SENIOR AIRMAN Richard Griffin, SGT. Alexander Muniz and AIRMAN 1ST Class George Walker, members of the 43rd Bombardment Wing Corrosion Control Branch, scrub down a B-52G aircraft

STAFF SGT. Gordon Chapman, left, Det. 2, 20th Weather Squadron, gives a briefing to CAPT. Richard Burger, left, KC-10A Extender aircraft commander and co-pilot 1ST LT. Mike Mathews in the base operations center. The pilots, with the 6th Air Refueling Squadron, 22nd Air Refueling Wing, are on a Military Airlift Command channel cargo mission

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 13th Air Force and 36th Air Expeditionary Wing, and U.S. Navy Sailors from Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 5 (HC-5), participates in a 5K run during the Team Andersen Challenge at Andersen Air Base, Guam, on Feb. 25, 2005. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Bennie J. Davis III) (Released)

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Oscar Hurtado from the 7th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron (EMXS), untangles parachute cords to a B-52 Stratofortress bomber drag-chute, at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam

Mobil Emergency Power units are hooked up to power base housing at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, after Typhoon Paka, by members of the Civil Engineer Maintenance Inspection and Repair Team (CEMIRT) Dover Air Force Base (AFB), Delaware, CEMIRT Travis AFB, California, and 15th Civil Engineers Squadron Hickam AFB, Hawaii

A view of base domintories

The folded rotor blades of CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters from Marine Medium Squadron 261 form a pattern on the deck of the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH-9). The ship is participating in operations off the coast of Lebanon

View of the Marine Corps war dog cemetery built in memory of the twenty-five combat trained dogs that lost their lives in the bitter fighting for the liberation of Guam. The dogs acted as sentries, messengers, and scouts along with searching for booby traps and anti-personnel mines. Twenty-four of the animals are buried here