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Hundreds of military and civilian personnel from the Philippine Islands wait in lines during evacuation processing. 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 U.S. military's Operation Fiery Vigil

Civilian aircraft crowd the flight line after transporting hundreds of U.S. Air Force and Army personnel, civilian employees and their dependents from the Philippines during Operation Fiery Vigil. Military bases in the Philippines are being evacuated after fallen ash from the druption of Mount Pinatubo collapsed buildings and disrupted base operations.

Navy baggage handlers process through customs the luggage of evacuees arriving with military and civilian personnel from the Philippine Islands after the June 10 eruption of Mount Pinatubo deposited more than four inches of volcanic ash on the area, disrupting base operations. More than 20,000 evacuees have been removed as a part of the U.S. military's Operation Fiery Vigil

Aircraft weather shelters are collapsed after more than four inches of volcanic ash fell as a result of the June 10 eruption of Mount Pinatubo. More than 20,000 evacuees have been removed from the area as a part of the U.S. military's Operation Fiery Vigil.

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.

More than four inches of volcanic ash blankets the rooftops and landscape in the aftermath of the June 10 eruption of Mount Pinatubo. More than 20,000 evacuees have been removed from the area as a part of the U.S. military's Operation Fiery Vigil

Evacuees from Clark Air Base and Naval Station, Subic Bay, disembark from a commercial aircraft following their arrival on base. Civilian and military personnel and dependents are being evacuated from the Philippine bases in the aftermath of Mount Pinatubo's volcanic eruption on June 10th

Evacuees from Clark Air Base and Naval Station, Subic Bay, disembark from a commercial aircraft following their arrival on base. Civilian and military personnel and dependents are being evacuated from the Philippine bases in the aftermath of Mount Pinatubo's volcanic eruption on June 10th

Civilian and military personnel line up for processing during evacuation from the area following the eruption of Mount Pinatubo. More than 20,000 evacuees have been removed as a part of the U.S. military's Operation Fiery Vigil after more than four inches of fallen ash disrupted base operations

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

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Subject Operation/Series: FIERY VIGIL

Base: Andersen Air Base

Country: Guam(GUM)

Scene Camera Operator: PH2 John Eichensehr

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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An ophthalmologist and medical technicians prepare to remove a cataract from a patient in an operating room aboard the hospital ship USNS MERCY (T-AH-19). The ship is visiting various ports in the Philippines during the first phase of its five-month humanitarian medical service and training mission. While in the Philippines, U.S. Navy, Army and Air Force medical personnel embarked aboard the MERCY are providing treatment for indigent Filipinos, both ashore and aboard ship

Straight on medium shot of US Marine GUNNERY Sergeant Elder, Platoon Sergeant, 2nd Platoon, Company A, 5th Force Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marines, lands safely with his MC5 Freefall Square Parachute after completing a 9-thousand foot combat jump from a USAF C-130 Hercules aircraft (Not shown) during Force Reconnaissance Exercises at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam

Commercial buses under contract to U.S. Forces are used to transport troops during the NATO-sponsored Autumn Forge exercises

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Shane Cronin videos members of the Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) unloading cargo from a JASDF C-130 Hercules during Exercise COPE NORTH at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam

OPERATION ABLE VIGIL, US Navy Photo

Crew members from the submarine tender USS PROTEUS (AS-19) clear away ash and debris on the grounds of the Patanawa Elementary School. The devastation resulted from the June eruption of Mount Pinatubo, a volcano that came alive for the first time in over 600 years

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Donald Nesbitt (left), 325th Bomb Squadron B-2 Bomber Pilot, from Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB), Missouri (MO), is interviewed by Mr. Jon Anderson (right), a radio host with News Talk Radio K57, Guam, while he is TDY to Andersen AFB, Guam (GU), participating in Exercise CORONET BUGLE 49, which is part of Air Combat Commands (ACC) ongoing Global Power mission

Even though modern mass transit buses have returned to service in many areas of the city, cleanup crews continue to removes debris from what was a restaurant on "The Boulevard". A place where a major battle line once existed, nothing was spared during the recent civil war. Although most buildings in other parts of the city, have been patched up or repaired, some locations are so severely ravaged that reconstruction will take longer if at all. This contracted crew used equipment of the European Administration (EAUM) organization. In accordance with the Dayton Accords, under which Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR (the multi-national peace mission in Bosnia) functions, the provision of a secure...

A worker uses a loader to remove ash and debris from yards in the aftermath of Mount Pinatubo's eruption. The volcano erupted for the first time in over 600 years on June 10th and covered the area in ash and debris

Buses loaded with Cuban migrants are loaded onto the ferry for a trip to the air terminal. A group of 195 migrants are heading for the United States. The group consists of accompanied and unaccompanied minors under age 17 and people over 70

Lance Corporal (LCpl) Micheal Schrum, A-gunner, and LCpl Kenneth Konopka, gunner, from 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, India Company, set up M224 60mm morters in preperation for an airfield seizure during Exercise KOA THUNDER 2001. KOA THUNDER is an exercise involving elements of 1ST Marine Air Wing (MAW), and 3rd Marine Division, where Marines conduct an Operational Readiness Exercise (ORE). The Aviation Support Element (ASE) from Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, will be tested on command and control of several different missions, to include Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personal (TRAP), airfield seizures, and a Noncombatant Evacuation Operation (NEO)

U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 26th Marine Expeditionary

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