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Vice Adm. Diego E. Hernandez, commander, 3rd Fleet, U.S. Pacific Fleet, speaks from 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

280 - Operation Homecoming (Repatriation of US Marine POWs) - March 19, 1973

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines fire a nineteen-gun salute in honor of the arrival of US Navy (USN) Admiral (ADM) Vern Clark, CHIEF of Naval Operations (CNO), during the Change of Command for Commander Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor. USN ADM Gary Roughead [not shown] relieved USN ADM Walter F. Doran [not shown] as Commander of the US Pacific Fleet (PACFLT), the Navyßs largest area of responsibility (AOR) in a ceremony pier side at the Battleship Missouri Memorial on Fords Island. PACFLT is made up of approximately 200 ships and 1,400 aircraft, and more than 190,000 Sailors, Marines and civilians

[Assignment: 48-DPA-01-12-09_SOI_K_Mt_Vernon] Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens, Mount Vernon, Virginia, [for touring and announcement of the U.S. nomination of the George Washington home, along with the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument in Hawaii, for inclusion on the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO's) World Heritage List. Joining Secretary Kempthorne for the announcement was James Rees, Executive Director of the Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens.] [48-DPA-01-12-09_SOI_K_Mt_Vernon_IOD_9501.JPG]

HI - Kilauea

Hawaiian monk seal

2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines conceal their High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) at their bivwack sight with some camouflage netting at Pohakuloa Training Area on the Big Island of Hawaii

FAMOUS BLACK SAND BEACH AT KAIMU, CREATED BY LAVA RUNOFF, IS A FAVORITE TOURIST STOP. AREA AROUND BEACH IS DUE TO BE DEVELOPED. IN ORDER TO PRESERVE BEACH, THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS PLANS TO ADD A NEW FOUNDATION OF SAND UNDER THE EXISTING LAYER. CRITICS ARGUE THIS WOULD CHANGE COLOR OF BEACH, CAUSING IT TO LOSE ITS APPEAL

S40-42-035 - STS-040 - Earth observations

Members of Co. B, 4th Bn., 27th Inf., 25th Inf. Div. (Light) practice shooting their M-16A1 rifles from prone position as they train for deployment to the Middle East to take part in Operation Desert Storm. The rifle of the soldier in the center is equipped with an M-203 grenade launcher

Port side view of the Canadian frigate HMCS ALGONQUIN (FFH 283) moving down the channel at Pearl Harbor en route to take part in Operation RIMPAC 2000

A view of the antenna array of the flagship USS CORONADO (AGF-11), flagship of the Third Fleet.