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Principal electronics technician David Havens turns the wheel which adjusts vertical angle on the new satellite weather antenna, state of the art antenna for its time, installed aboard D/V Glomar Challenger (ship) during the port call at Agana, Guam, between Legs 59 and 60 of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. The big wheel at the bottom takes care of the horizontal angle. Shipboard data tables are provided for the required horizontal and vertical antenna angles. Information is received from a satellite in stationary orbit and processed by shipboard equipment to produce a weather map which enables the captain, scientists and operations personnel to get weather forecasts 18 hours in advance at any drilling and coring site. 1978

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Evacuees from bases in the Philippines congregate in a hangar as they wait for the planes which will take them on the final stage of their journey to the United States. Civilian and military personnel and their dependents have been evacuated from Naval Station, Subic Bay and Naval Air Station, Cubi Point as part of Operation Fiery Vigil in the aftermath of Mount Pinatubo's eruption on June 10th.

WSPR, Springfield arsenal

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[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Guam_6-6-7-07] Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Guam, U.S. Territory [48-DPA-SOI_K_Guam_6-6-7-07__DI11560.JPG]

An aerial view of the US Naval Ship Repair Facility and surrounding area

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US Marines, Special Operations Capable, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9) receive weapons training, on the M2 HB (Heavy Barrel).50 caliber heavy machine gun, while the ship moves closer to the Persian Gulf. The GUAM deployed to the gulf as part of an increased military presence in response to a US Central Command (US CENTCOM) request for additional forces, 10 February 1998

Crew members stand by in the hangar bay of the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9) as the ship takes on equipment during the field training Exercise SOLID SHIELD'87

World War II – Marshall Islands

Letter from Bobby Johnston to Warren [Letter 381]