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Members of Team Whiteman attended the annual Christmas

Members of Team Whiteman attended the annual Christmas

Members of Team Whiteman attended the annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, Dec. 8, 2020. During the event, families watched the tree lighting, met with Santa Claus, went... More

Katherine-Jean Leonard, 2, writes a letter to Santa

Katherine-Jean Leonard, 2, writes a letter to Santa

Katherine-Jean Leonard, 2, writes a letter to Santa Dec. 5 at Club Stewart during the Fort Stewart Tree Lighting Ceremony. The event featured train rides, a gingerbread-house display, a visit from Santa Claus a... More

Fort McCoy community members participate in an activity

Fort McCoy community members participate in an activity

Fort McCoy community members participate in an activity during the Fort McCoy Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on Dec. 5, 2019, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Hundreds of people attended the tree lighting and related acti... More

Airman and family members ice skate at the annual Christmas

Airman and family members ice skate at the annual Christmas

Airman and family members ice skate at the annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, Dec. 8, 2020. The ice skating rink allowed kids of all ages to come together safely and h... More

Fort McCoy community members participate in an activity

Fort McCoy community members participate in an activity

Fort McCoy community members participate in an activity during the Fort McCoy Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on Dec. 5, 2019, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Hundreds of people attended the tree lighting and related acti... More

Local children of Marine Corps Base (MCB) Hawaii wait

Local children of Marine Corps Base (MCB) Hawaii wait

Local children of Marine Corps Base (MCB) Hawaii wait to turn on the Christmas tree lights during the Christmas tree lighting ceremony at the base chapel, aboard MCBH, Dec 3, 2013. The annual tree lighting cer... More

Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation

Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation

Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation (DFMWR) Director Patric McGuane provides opening comments at the Fort McCoy Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on Dec. 5, 2019, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Hundred... More

Children sing a holiday tune during the 2018 Fort McCoy

Children sing a holiday tune during the 2018 Fort McCoy

Children sing a holiday tune during the 2018 Fort McCoy Christmas Tree-Lighting Ceremony on Dec. 6, 2018, at McCoy's Community Center at Fort McCoy, Wis. Dozens of community members attended the event. In addit... More

Soldiers and their Family members voted for their favorite

Soldiers and their Family members voted for their favorite

Soldiers and their Family members voted for their favorite gingerbread house at the Fort Stewart Tree Lighting Ceremony at Club Stewart Dec. 5. The houses were built by local Families earlier this year, and the... More

Isabella Adams visits an inflattable Santa Claus dog

Isabella Adams visits an inflattable Santa Claus dog

Isabella Adams visits an inflattable Santa Claus dog set up around the Christmas tree at Club Stewart for the Fort Stewart Tree Lighting Ceremony Dec. 5. Nearly 1,000 Soldiers and their Families visited the eve... More

Fort McCoy community members participate in an activity

Fort McCoy community members participate in an activity

Fort McCoy community members participate in an activity during the Fort McCoy Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on Dec. 5, 2019, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Hundreds of people attended the tree lighting and related acti... More

Santa Claus gives candy to a group of children attending

Santa Claus gives candy to a group of children attending

Santa Claus gives candy to a group of children attending the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Dec. 3, 2019. Santa arrived after the Christmas tree was lit. In Germany, he’s... More

Fort McCoy community members have a photo taken with

Fort McCoy community members have a photo taken with

Fort McCoy community members have a photo taken with Santa and Mrs. Clause during the Fort McCoy Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on Dec. 5, 2019, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Hundreds of people attended the tree lighti... More

Fort Stewart Soldiers and Families gather at Club Stewart

Fort Stewart Soldiers and Families gather at Club Stewart

Fort Stewart Soldiers and Families gather at Club Stewart for the installation Tree Lighting Ceremony Dec. 5 to celebrate the holiday season and meet Santa Claus. The event brought out nearly 1,000 attendees to... More

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Sullivan, enlisted

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Sullivan, enlisted

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Sullivan, enlisted conductor with the Marine Forces Pacific (MARFORPAC) Band, conducts the MARFORPAC band prior to the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony at the base c... More

Fort McCoy community members participate in an activity

Fort McCoy community members participate in an activity

Fort McCoy community members participate in an activity during the Fort McCoy Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on Dec. 5, 2019, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Hundreds of people attended the tree lighting and related acti... More

Garrison Commander Col. Hui Chae Kim provides opening

Garrison Commander Col. Hui Chae Kim provides opening

Garrison Commander Col. Hui Chae Kim provides opening comments at the Fort McCoy Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on Dec. 5, 2019, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Hundreds of people attended the tree lighting and related a... More

Robert Flack, 86th Force Support Squadron education

Robert Flack, 86th Force Support Squadron education

Robert Flack, 86th Force Support Squadron education services specialist, sings in the Northside Chapel at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Dec. 3, 2019. Flack sang with the church choir before the tree lighting cere... More

Fort McCoy community members participate in an activity

Fort McCoy community members participate in an activity

Fort McCoy community members participate in an activity during the Fort McCoy Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on Dec. 5, 2019, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Hundreds of people attended the tree lighting and related acti... More

U.S. Army Chaplain (Capt.) Dilio Onyejiuwa, assigned

U.S. Army Chaplain (Capt.) Dilio Onyejiuwa, assigned

U.S. Army Chaplain (Capt.) Dilio Onyejiuwa, assigned to the Black Sea Area Support Team, lights a candle during a Christmas ceremony at Mihail Koglniceanu Airbase, Romania, Dec. 6, 2018. U.S. and Canadian servi... More

Youth sing a holiday carol during the Fort McCoy Christmas

Youth sing a holiday carol during the Fort McCoy Christmas

Youth sing a holiday carol during the Fort McCoy Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on Dec. 5, 2019, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Hundreds of people attended the tree lighting and related activities that included crafts, ... More

Fort McCoy community members participate in an activity

Fort McCoy community members participate in an activity

Fort McCoy community members participate in an activity during the Fort McCoy Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on Dec. 5, 2019, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Hundreds of people attended the tree lighting and related acti... More

Katherine-Jean Leonard, 2, mails a letter to Santa

Katherine-Jean Leonard, 2, mails a letter to Santa

Katherine-Jean Leonard, 2, mails a letter to Santa Dec. 5 at Club Stewart during the Fort Stewart Tree Lighting Ceremony. The event featured train rides, a gingerbread-house display, a visit from Santa Claus an... More

Youth sing a holiday carol during the Fort McCoy Christmas

Youth sing a holiday carol during the Fort McCoy Christmas

Youth sing a holiday carol during the Fort McCoy Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on Dec. 5, 2019, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Hundreds of people attended the tree lighting and related activities that included crafts, ... More

A choir group sings holiday music in the Northside

A choir group sings holiday music in the Northside

A choir group sings holiday music in the Northside Chapel at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Dec. 3, 2019. The ensemble was the first of many events held during this year’s annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony. ... More

Evi Watanabe, left, and her son make s'mores during

Evi Watanabe, left, and her son make s'mores during

Evi Watanabe, left, and her son make s'mores during Naval Air Facility Atsugi's annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony. The event also included The event included games, food, pictures with Santa Claus, the Co... More

Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Kegan E.

Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Kegan E.

Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Kegan E. Kay, of Naval Air Facility Atsugi's Junior Sailor Association, helps Lexi Atcheron make an ornement during the base's annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony.... More

Youth sing a holiday carol during the Fort McCoy Christmas

Youth sing a holiday carol during the Fort McCoy Christmas

Youth sing a holiday carol during the Fort McCoy Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on Dec. 5, 2019, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Hundreds of people attended the tree lighting and related activities that included crafts, ... More

Fort McCoy community members participate in an activity

Fort McCoy community members participate in an activity

Fort McCoy community members participate in an activity during the Fort McCoy Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on Dec. 5, 2019, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Hundreds of people attended the tree lighting and related acti... More

Melissa Jones helps her son, Clint, submit his vote

Melissa Jones helps her son, Clint, submit his vote

Melissa Jones helps her son, Clint, submit his vote for his favorite gingerbread house during the annual Fort Stewart Tree Lighting Ceremony Dec. 5 at Club Stewart. The gingerbread houses were built in November... More

Youth sing a holiday carol during the Fort McCoy Christmas

Youth sing a holiday carol during the Fort McCoy Christmas

Youth sing a holiday carol during the Fort McCoy Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on Dec. 5, 2019, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Hundreds of people attended the tree lighting and related activities that included crafts, ... More

Aviation Structural Mechanic First Class Adam Tychostop

Aviation Structural Mechanic First Class Adam Tychostop

Aviation Structural Mechanic First Class Adam Tychostop helps Lexi Acheron hang an ornement during Naval Air Facility Atsugi's annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony. The event included The event included game... More

Marines and families enjoy holiday music provided by

Marines and families enjoy holiday music provided by

Marines and families enjoy holiday music provided by the Marine Forces Pacific (MARFORPAC) Band prior to the start of the Christmas tree lighting ceremony at the base chapel, aboard Marine Corps Base (MCB) Hawa... More

Members of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Band entertain

Members of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Band entertain

Members of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Band entertain a crowd during the annual Christmas tree lighting at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Dec. 3, 2019. Base personnel and families gathered around Kisling Memoria... More

U.S. Air Force Col. Kyle Wilson, 509th Bomb Wing vice

U.S. Air Force Col. Kyle Wilson, 509th Bomb Wing vice

U.S. Air Force Col. Kyle Wilson, 509th Bomb Wing vice commander, speaks during the annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony with U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Jason Hodges, 509th Bomb Wing command chief, at W... More

Four-year-old Kael Edwards (left) and Two-year-old

Four-year-old Kael Edwards (left) and Two-year-old

Four-year-old Kael Edwards (left) and Two-year-old Hayden Edwards (right), Kaneohe Bay residents, stand with the lever that turns on the Christmas tree lights during the Christmas tree lighting ceremony at the ... More

Fort McCoy community members participate in an activity

Fort McCoy community members participate in an activity

Fort McCoy community members participate in an activity during the Fort McCoy Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on Dec. 5, 2019, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Hundreds of people attended the tree lighting and related acti... More

Garrison Commander Col. Hui Chae Kim provides opening

Garrison Commander Col. Hui Chae Kim provides opening

Garrison Commander Col. Hui Chae Kim provides opening comments at the Fort McCoy Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on Dec. 5, 2019, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Hundreds of people attended the tree lighting and related a... More

U.S. Army service members, along with Canadian Capt.

U.S. Army service members, along with Canadian Capt.

U.S. Army service members, along with Canadian Capt. (Chaplain) Gary Cowper, light a candle during a Christmas ceremony at Mihail Koglniceanu Airbase, Romania, Dec. 6, 2018. U.S. and Canadian service members sp... More

Fort McCoy community members participate in an activity

Fort McCoy community members participate in an activity

Fort McCoy community members participate in an activity during the Fort McCoy Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on Dec. 5, 2019, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Hundreds of people attended the tree lighting and related acti... More

Fort McCoy community members participate in an activity

Fort McCoy community members participate in an activity

Fort McCoy community members participate in an activity during the Fort McCoy Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on Dec. 5, 2019, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Hundreds of people attended the tree lighting and related acti... More

Two-year-old Maddison Andrews, a Marine Corps Base

Two-year-old Maddison Andrews, a Marine Corps Base

Two-year-old Maddison Andrews, a Marine Corps Base (MCB) Hawaii resident, waits around the Christmas tree prior to the start of the tree lighting ceremony at the base chapel, aboard MCBH, Dec. 3, 2013. The ann... More

The Windward Choral Society attends the annual Christmas

The Windward Choral Society attends the annual Christmas

The Windward Choral Society attends the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony at the base chapel, aboard MCBH, Dec. 3, 2013. The annual tree lighting ceremony was hosted at the base chapel where families fro... More

Fort McCoy community members participate in an activity

Fort McCoy community members participate in an activity

Fort McCoy community members participate in an activity during the Fort McCoy Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on Dec. 5, 2019, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Hundreds of people attended the tree lighting and related acti... More

Canadian Chaplain (Capt.) Gary Cowper speaks during

Canadian Chaplain (Capt.) Gary Cowper speaks during

Canadian Chaplain (Capt.) Gary Cowper speaks during a Christmas ceremony at Mihail Koglniceanu Airbase, Romania, Dec. 6, 2018. U.S. and Canadian service members spent lunchtime together celebrating holiday seas... More

A group gathers around a Christmas tree for the annual

A group gathers around a Christmas tree for the annual

A group gathers around a Christmas tree for the annual tree lighting ceremony at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Dec. 3, 2019. The tree was donated by the community of Ramstein-Miesenbach as a gesture of friendship... More

U.S. Navy LCDR Don Rogers, Command Chaplain, delivers

U.S. Navy LCDR Don Rogers, Command Chaplain, delivers

U.S. Navy LCDR Don Rogers, Command Chaplain, delivers the invocation prior to the start of the tree lighting ceremony at the base chapel, aboard MCBH, Dec. 3, 2013. The annual tree lighting ceremony was hosted... More

A Christmas tree stands in the middle of a roundabout

A Christmas tree stands in the middle of a roundabout

A Christmas tree stands in the middle of a roundabout at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Dec. 3, 2019. The tree was donated by the people of Ramstein-Miesenbach as a symbol of friendship between Germany and the Uni... More

Naval Air Facility Atsugi Junior Sailor Association

Naval Air Facility Atsugi Junior Sailor Association

Naval Air Facility Atsugi Junior Sailor Association Members help children decorate their chirstmas tree ornaments during the base's annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony. The event included games, food, pictu... More

Aviation Electronics Technician First Class John Damm,

Aviation Electronics Technician First Class John Damm,

Aviation Electronics Technician First Class John Damm, of the base's First Class Petty Officers' Mess, hands out cookies during the base's annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony. The event also included The ev... More

The Lawter family met with Santa Claus at the annual

The Lawter family met with Santa Claus at the annual

The Lawter family met with Santa Claus at the annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, Dec. 8, 2020. Attendees met with Santa by sitting apart from him and safely distancing... More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Knapke, broadcast specialist

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Knapke, broadcast specialist

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Knapke, broadcast specialist with the Public Affairs Office assigned to Headquarters Battalion, narrates during the Christmas tree lighting ceremony at the base chapel, aboard Marine Corp... More

Children wait with Santa’s elves to flip the switch

Children wait with Santa’s elves to flip the switch

Children wait with Santa’s elves to flip the switch to light the tree during the Fort Stewart Tree Lighting Ceremony at Club Stewart Dec. 5. The event brought out nearly 1,000 people and was meant to kick off t... More

Marines and families attend the annual Christmas tree

Marines and families attend the annual Christmas tree

Marines and families attend the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony at the base chapel, aboard Marine Corps Base (MCB) Hawaii, Dec. 3, 2013. The annual tree lighting ceremony was hosted at the base chapel ... More

Santa and Mrs. Clause make an appearance during the

Santa and Mrs. Clause make an appearance during the

Santa and Mrs. Clause make an appearance during the Fort McCoy Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on Dec. 5, 2019, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Hundreds of people attended the tree lighting and related activities that inc... More

A U.S. Air Forces in Europe Band plays holiday music

A U.S. Air Forces in Europe Band plays holiday music

A U.S. Air Forces in Europe Band plays holiday music as part of the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Dec. 3, 2019. The band complimented the event with cheerful music. (U.... More

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