Special Operations Command, Pacific (SOCPAC) forces conduct Special Operations on land, sea, and in the air. Here troops learn fast rope procedures from a helicopter.

Air Commodore P.M.M. Fernando of Sri Lanka talks with Brig. S.M. Ikramul Haque, Commandant of the Bangladesh Military Academy.

Capt Oum Sang Ohn, Cambodian Navy and Col. Tran Quang Khue, Vietnamese Army, examine a periscope during a Japanese submarine tour. samplesample sample sample

Upper Photo: A U.S. sailor, Stan Kulich, helps save a puppy as he was passing through Lorega, Cebu City, Philippines when a fire broke out. The fire destroyed 90 houses in one hour on 23 September 1997 (photo by Tonee Despojo, The Freeman, Cebu City, Philippines).

Bottom photo: Adm. Joseph W. Prueher, Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command, shows Pearl Harbor to President Jiang Zemin of the People’s Republic of China, during a state visit to the United States, 27 October to 3 November 1997 (photo by PH2 Tina Ackerman, USN)

Gen. Fu Quanyou, Chief of the General Staff of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, witnessed U.S. military displays while visiting the Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command in August 1997 (photo by CPL Michael Wiener, USMC).