Operation Noble Eagle (22 images)

WAX2001091607 -17 SEPTEMBER 2001 - NEW YORK, NEW YORK, USA: Crewmen and U.S. Marines provide physical security aboard USNS Comfort while perticipating in relief efforts during "Operation Noble Eagle." on September 16, 2001 in New York City. Noble Eagle is the official name given to the military's response following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. mk/jm/HO Aaron Peterson UPI

WAX2001092011 - 20 SEPTEMBER 2001 - USNS COMFORT: Continuing their efforts to support volunteer rescue workers, fire fighters, and police aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort are Lt. Cdr. Steven Olive (right) and Hospital Corpsman Russell Berry on September 13, 2001. mk/jm/HO Aaron Peterson UPI

WAX2001091605 - 16 SEPTEMBER 2001 - ATLANTIC OCEAN: An Aircrewman aboard a Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron One Two Five "Hawkeye" embarked on USS George Washington tracks all air and surface contacts off the east coast of the United States. The Norfolk, Va.- based aircraft and squadron are participating in Operation Noble Eagle to provide additional air defense to New York City following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. mk/jm/HO J. Scott Campbell UPI.mk/jm/HO Lisa Marcus UPI

NAV2001110106 - 25 OCTOBER 2001 - NEW YORK, NEW YORK, USA: .New York, N.Y. (Oct. 25, 2001) -- U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Steve Baluyot of the Biological Defense Research Directorate (BDRD), Naval Medical Research Center, Bethesda, Md., loads unknown samples into capillary tubes for a Rugidized Advance Pathogen Identification Device (RAPID) analysis at the New York Department of Health, Public Health Laboratories, New York, OCTOBER 25, 2001. Baluyot is part of a joint Department of Defense team made up of Army, Navy, and Air Force personnel who are assisting the CDC to analyze the overwhelming volume of evidence being gathered in the New York area following terrorist's attacks at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, and the current anthrax related incidents. U.S. Air Force photo/Jim Varhegyi UPI.