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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Airmen, one dressed as Santa, push decorated cardboard boxes out of an open aircraft.

Bundles of Joy

Air Force Senior Airman Janealle Hogans, left, and Master Sgt. Luke McLimans drop four humanitarian aid bundles over Fananu Atoll in Chuuk, Micronesia, Dec. 9, 2022, during Operation Christmas Drop 2022. The Defense Department’s longest-running humanitarian assistance operation, Operation Christmas Drop provides supplies to more than 50 islands in the Pacific.

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