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A Marine standing in the back of a truck aboard a landing craft looks toward the open well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during Operation Sharp Edge. Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) are being sent to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, to augment security and evacuate U.S. and foreign nationals from the fighting between government and rebel forces

Saipan Flak

Commonwealth Utility Corporation power employees prepare transformers for transport. These transformers were delivered to aid in the efforts to restore long-term power to Saipan after Typhoon Soudelor caused serious damage back in August, 2015. A total of 486 transformers will be delivered to Saipan by the end of the month.

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Saipan_6-5-07] Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Saipan Island, of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands [48-DPA-SOI_K_Saipan_6-5-07__DI10872.JPG]

The Power and The Glory

Photograph of a Column of Black Smoke Rising from a Japanese Oil Dump on the Shores of Saipan Island

Marines of the 2nd Light Armored Infantry Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, sit on their vehicles aboard a utility landing craft (LCU) in the well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) during Fleet Ex 1-90

World War II – Saipan

"Julia," The Alligator Crawls Up on Saipan

Navy and Marine mess management specialists aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) make cookies in preparation for the arrival of evacuees from the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia. THE SAIPAN is on station off the coast of Liberia for OPERATION SHARP EDGE

7Th Bomber Command Personnel Land At Tanapag Harbor, Saipan, Marianas Islands. 4 August 1944. (U.S. Air Force Number A63637AC)

Embarking for Tarawa Invasion