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A WC-130 Hercules aircraft from the 54th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron on a mission to monitor and relay vital information on a typhoon to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC)

An aerial photograph of Marbo Annex on the island of Guam taken from a CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter from HMH-463, Aviation Support Element, Kaneohe Bay Hawaii. Marbo Annex was used as a landing zone during Exercise KOA THUNDER 2001. Marines from Aviation Support Element, Kaneohe Hawaii, 1ST Marine Air Wing, Okinawa, Japan, and 3rd Marines 7th Battalion, 29 Palms, California, participated in KOA THUNDER on the island of Guam from July 9 to July 14. The purpose of the exercise was to demonstrate the Marine Corps' ability to deploy in the South Pacific from places other than Okinawa, Japan

Mrs. Lani McCool, wife of the late Columbia space shuttle Astronaut Commander (CDR) William McCool, is followed by two of her sons during the renaming ceremony of the Department of Defense Education Agencys (DODEA) Guam South Elementary and Middle School in the commanders honor

Mechanics work on an EA6B Prowler from the Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 2 (VMAQ-2) at Marine Corps Air Station, Iwakuni, Japan in support of Exercise COPE NORTH 2002, on Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam

A port bow view of the amphibious command ship USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC-19) moored at a pier

Some of the 20,000 military and civilian personnel being evacuated from the Philippines wait for buses during Operation Fiery Vigil. The evacuation is the result of the June 10 eruption of Mount Pinatubo, which deposited more than four inches of volcanic ash on the Philippine Islands, disrupting base operations

US Air Force AIRMAN First Class (A1C) George Hildebrand, Yokota Air Base, Japan, administers immunization shots to a Kurdish woman at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during OPERATION PACIFIC HAVEN. Pacific Haven, a joint humanitarian operation conducted by the U.S. Military, evacuated over 2,100 Kurds from Northern Iraq. The evacuees will be housed temporarily at Andersen AFB, Guam, while they go through the immigration process for residence into the United States

Contractors hired by the Federal Emergency Management Agency enclose what will be a dinning facility. It is part of temporary housing for typhoon victims at Andersen South Air Force Base, Guam, after Super Typhoon Paka

A US Air Force M220BFL rough terrain fork lift moves a pallet of luggage of evacuees from the Philippine Islands. The evacuation is the result of the June 10 eruption of Mount Pinatubo, which deposited more than four inches of volcanic ash on the Islands. More than 20,000 evacuees have been removed from the area as a part of the US military's Operation Fiery Vigil

An American Landing Vehicle Tracked (Armored)(Mark 1), LVT(A)-1, that was left after the Battle of Peleliu during World War Two on the island of Peleliu. Photograph taken as part of Exercise KOA THUNDER 2001. Marines from Aviation Support Element, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, 1ST Marine Air Wing (MAW), Okinawa, Japan, and 3rd Marines 7th Battalion, 29 Palms, California, participated in KOA THUNDER on the island of Guam from July 9 to July 14. The purpose of the exercise was to demonstrate the Marine Corps ability to deploy in the South Pacific from places other than Okinawa, Japan

A port beam view of the amphibious command ship USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC 19) moored at the US Naval Ship Repair Facility

Crew members prepare to hoist in a boat alongside the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9) during the field training Exercise SOLID SHIELD'87