U.S. soldiers demonstrate their tactics for clearing a trench while members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's 28th Infantry Regiment, 11th Division, observe. The training was part of NORTH WIND 99, an annual, bilateral field training exercise.

The Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) submarine Lee Chun and another ROKN ship in Apra Harbor, Guam. The ROKN ships participated in HARPOONEX, part of a live-fire, multinational naval exercise with the U.S. Navy during which an old ship was sunk. The Lee Chun actually sank the exercise target.

Photo: PH3 Marjorie McMillen, USN

The Republic of Singapore Navy corvette Vigilance arrives in Apra Harbor, Guam, to participate in a multinational, live-fire naval exercise with U.S. and other naval forces.

Photo: SGT. Gregory A. Kennedy, USA

U.S. soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment entertain children of the Holy Family Home Orphanage in Osaka, Japan. Material assistance to the orphanage and care for the children is a 50-year long tradition for the American unit dating back to 1949.

Photo: PH3 Brent Olheiser, USN

Capt. Mohammad Sahari bin hj Sapari, head of a Royal Malaysian Navy delegation, receives a plaque from Col. Bill Wesley, USMC, U.S. Seventh Fleet Plans and Policy Officer, while Capt. Mike Miller, USN and other officers observe. The occasion was the periodic staff talks between the two navies, held aboard the USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19).