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The Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. James F. Amos,

Captain Kintzley, USMC, Alpha Company, 3rd Platoon Commander, 1ST Reconnaissance Battalion (BN), 1ST Marine Division (1MARDIV), Margarita (33 Area), Camp Pendleton, California, checks out a sign that his son and wife made for his homecoming from Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Operation IRAQI FREEDOM is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein

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Former American hostage Joseph Hall arrives at the base for his departure to the United States. The 52 hostages were hospitalized for a few days after their release from Iran

Former hostages are bid farewell by base personnel upon their departure for the United States. The 52 hostages were hospitalized for a few days after their release from Iran

Former American hostage Ann Swift arrives at the base for her departure to the United States. The 52 hostages were hospitalized for a few days after their release from Iran

The 52 freed hostages arrive at the base from Wiesbaden Air Base hospital. After their release from Iran the hostages were hospitalized for a few days before their departure for the United States

U.S. Marines, former hostages, arrive at the base for their departure to the United States. The 52 hostages were hospitalized for a few days after their release from Iran

Former American hostage Army SFC Donald Hohman arrives at the base for his departure to the United States. The 52 hostages were hospitalized for a few days after their release from Iran

U.S. Marines, former hostages, arrive at the base for their departure to the United States. The 52 hostages were hospitalized for a few days after their release from Iran

Former hostage John Graves arrives at the base for his departure to the United States. The 52 hostages were hospitalized for a few days after their release from Iran

Former hostage COL Leland Holland greets well-wishers upon his arrival at the base for his departure to the United States. The 52 hostages were hospitalized for a few days after their release from Iran

Former hostage Victor Tomseth arrives at the base for his departure to the United States. The 52 hostages were hospitalized for a few days after their release from Iran

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Base: Rhein-Main Air Base

Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Dave Shaffer

Release Status: Released to Public

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01/01/1981
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First Lieutenant (1LT) Victor Haynes, 20th Military Airlift Squadron, checks a map while piloting a Military Airlift Command transport aircraft to the next location of Pope John Paul II's US visit. During the pope's visit, vehicle transportation and security is being provided under VOLANT SILVER, a joint Military Airlift Command/Secret Service operation

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Mark Thompson (standing left) and Lance Corporal (LCPL) William Papple (standing right) play the role of perpetrators who have taken a hostage during a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX) being conducted on Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan (JPN). This phase of the base-wide FPEX was conducted so that the Camp Foster USMC Special Reaction Team (SRT) could test and improve their base security procedures and emergency situation response time in preparation for a real event

Secretary of State Alexander M. Haig Jr., waits to welcome the former hostages home after their release from Iran

Former Military Airlift Command Commander and the first US Transportation Command Commander retired General Duane Cassidy, USAF, delivers his opening lines. The General was at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, for the taping of an educational video, "Mobility Heroes: Our Heritage", for the Air War College and Airmen Leadership Schools around the world

SENIOR AIRMAN Falcon of the 90th AMS assists in loading TECH. SGT. Patty Dupree, a volunteer from the 90th MXS during the search and recoveries exercise, into an emergency medical unit after she arrived by helicopter. The Inspector General Team tested the ability of the base to respond to battle conditions, power outages, mobility deployments, aircraft and automobile accidents, hostage situations, bomb threats, armed robberies, terrorism, and communication problems

Equipment Operator 2nd Class Victor Valdez of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 (NMCB-1) operates a crane as his unit prepares for deployment to Somalia to participate in Operation Restore Hope

Fifteen personel (all 15 not shown) assigned to the 823rd Red Horse Squadron from Hurlburt Field, Florida as part of Operation Sustain Hope put the fishing touches on a newly widened two-lane road leading to the flight line (flight line nto shown) increasing the speed of traffic and safety of those walking. Operation Sustain Hope is the U.S. effort to bring in food, water, medicine, relief supplies, and to establish camps for the refugees (not shown) fleeing from the Former Republic of Yugoslavia into Albania and Macedonia

C-130 Hercules aircrew Engineer STAFF Sergeant Jeff Morgan (left) and Navigator Catain Keith Allbritten, 61st Airlift Squadron, discuss the status of the lanes chafe and flares with an electronic warfare secialist rior to flying into the former Yugoslavia region. The chafe and flares are discharged when the early warning system or a loadmaster erceives a ossible threat to the lane from anti aircraft armament or surface to air missiles. The Green Hornets are deloyed to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, for a 100 day Temorary Duty (TDY) tour assisting Oeration JOINT GUARD (reviously Oeration JOINT ENDEAVOR). Flying C-130s every day to the Former Yugoslav region (rimarily Tuzla) they...

C-130 Hercules Navigator, Captain Keith Allbritten, right, 61st Airlift Squadron discusses the status of the planes chafe and flares with Electronic Warfare SPECIALIST SSGT Todd Ross, prior to flying into the former Yugoslavia region. The chafe and flares are discharged when the early warning system or a loadmaster perceives a possible threat to the plane from anti aircraft armament or surface to air missiles. The Green Hornets are deployed to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, for a 100 day Temporary Duty (TDY) tour assisting Operation JOINT GUARD (previously Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR). Flying C-130s every day to the Former Yugoslav region (primarily Tuzla) they pick up and deliver cargo and...

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Paul Hollen reads the Code of Conduct during the Prisoner

Former Secretary of Interior Stewart Udall appearing as guest of honor at Department of Interior headquarters events celebrating the contributions of the former Secretary and the late Congressman Morris Udall

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