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Lt. Col. Daniel White, 201st Brigade Support Battalion

Lt. Col. Daniel White, 201st Brigade Support Battalion

Lt. Col. Daniel White, 201st Brigade Support Battalion commander, speaks at the tree lighting ceremony. He emphasized that this is a moment in which the Soldiers should think of their loved ones and their fello... More

The Chancel hand bell choir from Palmetto chapel plays

The Chancel hand bell choir from Palmetto chapel plays

The Chancel hand bell choir from Palmetto chapel plays during the Christmas tree lighting ceremony at Memorial Lake on Shaw Air Force Base, Nov. 30. Airmen, family and members of the local community gathered a... More

Cannon kids wave to Santa Claus during the holiday

Cannon kids wave to Santa Claus during the holiday

Cannon kids wave to Santa Claus during the holiday parade at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., Dec. 1, 2011. More than 250 people from Cannon and the surrounding communities enjoyed the parade despite temperatures o... More

Col. John P. Farnam, commanding officer of Marine Corps

Col. John P. Farnam, commanding officer of Marine Corps

Col. John P. Farnam, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., and Santa flip the switch to light a tree during a Tree Lighting Ceremony in front of the Marine Corps Exchange aboard MCAS M... More

Tree-lighting ceremony - A group of people standing around a christmas tree

Tree-lighting ceremony - A group of people standing around a christmas...

Bill Rode, dressed as Santa Claus, talks to sailors and their friends and family during a tree-lighting ceremony in Jackson plaza on Naval Station Everett. The event featured carolers, live music, pictures with... More

‘Tis the Season; NHB lights their annual Christmas tree

‘Tis the Season; NHB lights their annual Christmas tree

Keeping the light on and then some...Lt. Larry Middleton, Naval Hospital Bremerton Human Resources department head, places a holiday ornament dedicated to Lt. j.g. Travis Kelly, one of seven current NHB Individ... More

Tree Lighting Ceremony - A group of people standing around a table

Tree Lighting Ceremony - A group of people standing around a table

The Chancel hand bell choir from Palmetto chapel plays during the Christmas tree lighting ceremony at Memorial Lake on Shaw Air Force Base, Nov. 30. Airmen, family and members of the local community gathered a... More

Lt. Col. Jeff Miller, deputy commander, Area Support

Lt. Col. Jeff Miller, deputy commander, Area Support

Lt. Col. Jeff Miller, deputy commander, Area Support Group Kuwait, and Command Sgt. Maj. Ronnie Bonham, Area Support Group Kuwait command sergeant major, flip the switch to light the Christmas tree while Santa,... More

Families at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point,

Families at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point,

Families at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., pose with Santa Claus during the 15th annual Christmas tree lighting at the Marine Corps Exchange Dec. 5, 2014. The tree lighting brought Marines, Sailor... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Judy Yoder, commanding officer

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Judy Yoder, commanding officer

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Judy Yoder, commanding officer of Financial Management School, Marine Corps Combat Service Support Schools (MCCSSS), speaks to the staff and students during the MCCSSS Tree Lighting C... More

U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Edward D. Banta, Commanding

U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Edward D. Banta, Commanding

U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Edward D. Banta, Commanding General Marine Corps Installations West-Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, left, and spouse Molly Banta arrive at the Annual Oceanside Tree Lighting Cerem... More

Members of Team attend a tree lighting ceremony, Dec.

Members of Team attend a tree lighting ceremony, Dec.

Members of Team attend a tree lighting ceremony, Dec. 7, 2015, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. Food vendors, jewelry and other trinkets were sold throughout the duration of the ceremony. (U.S. Air Force... More

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VIRGINIA BEACH (Dec. 11, 2015)

151211-N-VC599-203 VIRGINIA BEACH (Dec. 11, 2015)

151211-N-VC599-203 VIRGINIA BEACH (Dec. 11, 2015) -- Capt. Frank E. Hughlett, commanding officer of Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story (JEBLC-FS), addresses the crowd before a holiday concert hel... More

Cubicles, like Maj. Bronwyn Odhner's magical fairy

Cubicles, like Maj. Bronwyn Odhner's magical fairy

Cubicles, like Maj. Bronwyn Odhner's magical fairy forest, were festively decorated throughout the building as U.S. Army Reserve Command employees and family members took part in USARC's Tree Lighting Ceremony ... More

The USAF Band of the Golden West Quartet plays during

The USAF Band of the Golden West Quartet plays during

The USAF Band of the Golden West Quartet plays during the tree lighting ceremony at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., Dec. 8, 2016. Patrons were treated to music by the USAF Band of the Golden West Quartet, a visi... More

Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony, Italy

Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony, Italy

Sip on free hot chocolate, listen to caroling, and give Santa your wish list in person! <3 Tonight at 6 PM between the BX & theater.

Public invited to tree-lighting ceremony at Fort Indiantown Gap

Public invited to tree-lighting ceremony at Fort Indiantown Gap

FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Installation officials will host a tree-lighting ceremony at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 1 at the corner of Fisher Avenue and Wiley Road, near the C-130 Hercules (cargo plane) static di... More

U.S. Marines with the Marine Corps Forces, Pacific

U.S. Marines with the Marine Corps Forces, Pacific

U.S. Marines with the Marine Corps Forces, Pacific band perform during the Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony held aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Nov. 30, 2017. Mr. Doug Wadsworth, chief of staff, MCBH, lit... More

Naval Hospital Bremerton Tree Lighting Ceremony Shines On For Deployers

Naval Hospital Bremerton Tree Lighting Ceremony Shines On For Deployer...

During Naval Hospital Bremerton's annual Tree Lighting Ceremony that remembers those away from home for the holidays on deployment as well as those recently returned from oversea assignments, Hospital Corpsman ... More

Senior Airman Jamie Smith, Moody Air Force Base ceremonial

Senior Airman Jamie Smith, Moody Air Force Base ceremonial

Senior Airman Jamie Smith, Moody Air Force Base ceremonial guardsman, passes out candy during a parade at the Tree Lighting Ceremony, Dec. 1, 2017, at Moody AFB, Ga. The annual event brings the base community t... More

Santa and Mrs. Claus arrive with a little help from

Santa and Mrs. Claus arrive with a little help from

Santa and Mrs. Claus arrive with a little help from the Hohenfels Training Area's Fire Department on a snowy afternoon to assist with the Joint Multinational Readiness Center's Tree Lighting Ceremony Dec. 8, 20... More

Public invited to tree lighting ceremony at Fort Indiantown Gap

Public invited to tree lighting ceremony at Fort Indiantown Gap

A flyer for the 2018 Fort Indiantown Gap tree lighting ceremony.

Children from the Child Development Center participate

Children from the Child Development Center participate

Children from the Child Development Center participate as singers during the Tree Lighting Ceremony, Nov. 30, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The event continues the tradition of families of deployed Airmen ... More

Team Mildenhall's Christmas tree stands tall and bright

Team Mildenhall's Christmas tree stands tall and bright

Team Mildenhall's Christmas tree stands tall and bright after the tree lighting ceremony at RAF Mildenhall, England, Dec. 4, 2018. The tree lighting ceremony is an annual event for Team Mildenhall. (U.S. Air Fo... More

Emily Parker lifts her daughter, Penelope, to see the

Emily Parker lifts her daughter, Penelope, to see the

Emily Parker lifts her daughter, Penelope, to see the activities and excitement of the 2018 Fort Carson Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony at the William Reed Special Events Center, Fort Carson, Colorado, Dec. 6, 2... More

Caden Brazina, son of U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Stephen

Caden Brazina, son of U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Stephen

Caden Brazina, son of U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Stephen Brazina, 8th Medical Support Squadron, Kunsan Air Force Base, Korea, decorates a cookie during Christmas in the Park at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississipp... 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 remarks during the installation's 2018 Christmas Tree-Lighting Ceremony on Dec. 6, 2018, at Fort McCoy, Wis. The event included songs sung by Fort McCoy you... More

A Fort Carson Morale, Wellness and Recreation volunteer

A Fort Carson Morale, Wellness and Recreation volunteer

A Fort Carson Morale, Wellness and Recreation volunteer dressed as Ebenezer Scrooge alongside Col. Brian K. Wortinger, the Fort Carson garrison commander, flip the switch to light the tree at the annual Fort Ca... More

Tree Lighting Ceremony - Two men in military uniforms standing next to each other

Tree Lighting Ceremony - Two men in military uniforms standing next to...

U.S. Marine Corps Col. James L. Shelton Jr., Commanding Officer of Marine Corps Combat Service Support Schools, and Sgt. Maj. Sean Spatar, MCCSSS Sergeant Major, wish everyone a happy and safe holiday season! (... More

A Christmas tree is prepared to be lit at Barksdale

A Christmas tree is prepared to be lit at Barksdale

A Christmas tree is prepared to be lit at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Dec. 4, 2019. Families from across Barksdale gathered to watch the tree light up for the first time this year. (U.S. Air Force photo by A... More

The Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Christmas

The Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Christmas

The Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Christmas tree shines bright after the annual tree lighting ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, Dec. 5, 2019. This event is held annually by Marine Corps... 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

Spc. Kyere Asare assigned with 299 Brigade Engineer

Spc. Kyere Asare assigned with 299 Brigade Engineer

Spc. Kyere Asare assigned with 299 Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, plays with his 1-year-old son, Josiah, during the Fort Carson Christmas tree lighting cerem... More

Members of Team Buckley gather around a Christmas tree

Members of Team Buckley gather around a Christmas tree

Members of Team Buckley gather around a Christmas tree during the annual tree lighting ceremony, Dec. 6, 2019, on Buckley Air Force Base, Colo. The tree lighting ceremony is hosted every year by the base comman... More

Zachery, Coleman and Silas, along with their mother

Zachery, Coleman and Silas, along with their mother

Zachery, Coleman and Silas, along with their mother eat some cookies and apple cider before the annual Hunter Army Airfield Tree Lighting Ceremony begins, Dec. 6, 2019. The HAAF Tree Lighting Ceremony included ... More

BOSTON (Dec. 7, 2019) Cmdr. Nathaniel Shick, commanding

BOSTON (Dec. 7, 2019) Cmdr. Nathaniel Shick, commanding

BOSTON (Dec. 7, 2019) Cmdr. Nathaniel Shick, commanding officer of USS Constitution, poses for a photo before the annual tree lighting ceremony on the spar deck of USS Constitution. Constitution, the world's ol... More

191207-N-KH151-0013 NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (December

191207-N-KH151-0013 NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (December

191207-N-KH151-0013 NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (December 7, 2018) Children play on an attraction during Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota, Spain’s, holiday tree-lighting ceremony, Winter Wonderland. Naval Station Rota... More

Steffi Holmes, lead singer of the Dover Chapel Band,

Steffi Holmes, lead singer of the Dover Chapel Band,

Steffi Holmes, lead singer of the Dover Chapel Band, leads a crowd of spectators in Christmas caroling during the tree-lighting ceremony Dec. 1, 2020, at Chapel 2 on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. The ceremon... More

U.S. Army Col. Brian Dunmire, right, U.S. Africa Command

U.S. Army Col. Brian Dunmire, right, U.S. Africa Command

U.S. Army Col. Brian Dunmire, right, U.S. Africa Command Directorate for Intelligence at RAF Molesworth multi-service commander, and U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Dan Spencer, left, AFRICOM senior enlisted l... More

Col. John Spiszer, commander of 3rd Brigade Combat

Col. John Spiszer, commander of 3rd Brigade Combat

Col. John Spiszer, commander of 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, takes a moment to talk with the crowd before lighting the Christmas tree.

Col. Charles Moore, 20th Fighter Wing commander, switches

Col. Charles Moore, 20th Fighter Wing commander, switches

Col. Charles Moore, 20th Fighter Wing commander, switches on Christmas tree lights at Memorial Lake with local children during the annual tree lighting ceremony at Shaw Air Force Base, Nov. 30. Airmen, family a... More

U.S Air Force Col. Buck Elton, 27th Special Operations

U.S Air Force Col. Buck Elton, 27th Special Operations

U.S Air Force Col. Buck Elton, 27th Special Operations Wing commander, announces the tree lighting as Cannon kids await to lift the lever that will light the tree at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., Dec.1, 2011. Th... More

Cannon kids wave to Santa Claus during the holiday

Cannon kids wave to Santa Claus during the holiday

Cannon kids wave to Santa Claus during the holiday parade at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., Dec. 1, 2011. More than 250 people from Cannon and the surrounding communities enjoyed the parade despite temperatures o... More

Christmas carolers sing during a Tree Lighting Ceremony

Christmas carolers sing during a Tree Lighting Ceremony

Christmas carolers sing during a Tree Lighting Ceremony in front of the Marine Corps Exchange aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Nov. 17. The Tree Lighting Ceremony is held every year to kick off ... More

Safety Panda, lead safety spokesman at Camp Arifjan,

Safety Panda, lead safety spokesman at Camp Arifjan,

Safety Panda, lead safety spokesman at Camp Arifjan, looks back for a photo while doing the wobble with Santa Claus and other visitors from the North Pole after a tree lighting ceremony at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Dec. 4.

Gunnery Sgt. Melinda D. Munoz, left, and Col. Chris

Gunnery Sgt. Melinda D. Munoz, left, and Col. Chris

Gunnery Sgt. Melinda D. Munoz, left, and Col. Chris Pappas III, flip a switch to light the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Christmas tree during the 15th annual Christmas tree lighting at the Mari... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Judy Yoder, commanding officer

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Judy Yoder, commanding officer

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Judy Yoder, commanding officer of Financial Management School, Marine Corps Combat Service Support Schools (MCCSSS), lights the Christmas tree during the MCCSSS Tree Lighting Ceremony... More

Santa arrives during the base tree lighting ceremony,

Santa arrives during the base tree lighting ceremony,

Santa arrives during the base tree lighting ceremony, Dec. 7, 2015, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. Santa took photos with children and listened to their Christmas wishes. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1... More

Members of the G-4 Inventory Management Team pose for

Members of the G-4 Inventory Management Team pose for

Members of the G-4 Inventory Management Team pose for a group picture outside of their "Grinchville" office section as U.S. Army Reserve Command employees and family members took part in USARC's Tree Lighting C... More

The USAF Band of the Golden West Quartet plays during

The USAF Band of the Golden West Quartet plays during

The USAF Band of the Golden West Quartet plays during the tree lighting ceremony at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., Dec. 8, 2016. Patrons were treated to music by the USAF Band of the Golden West Quartet, a visi... More

U.S. Marines with the Marine Corps Forces, Pacific

U.S. Marines with the Marine Corps Forces, Pacific

U.S. Marines with the Marine Corps Forces, Pacific band perform during the Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony held aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Nov. 30, 2017. Mr. Doug Wadsworth, chief of staff, MCBH, lit... More

Children from the Child Development Center get ready

Children from the Child Development Center get ready

Children from the Child Development Center get ready to sing during the Tree Lighting Ceremony, Dec. 1, 2017, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The annual event brings the base community together as a way to show th... More

After Santa flipped the light switch at the Joint

After Santa flipped the light switch at the Joint

After Santa flipped the light switch at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center's Tree Lighting Ceremony, he and Mrs. Claus spent some time with the children of those assigned to the Hohenfels Training Area, G... More

Col. Jennifer Short, 23d Wing commander, tosses candy

Col. Jennifer Short, 23d Wing commander, tosses candy

Col. Jennifer Short, 23d Wing commander, tosses candy to attendees during the Tree Lighting Ceremony, Nov. 30, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The event continues the tradition of families of deployed Airmen... More

Team Mildenhall children sing during the annual tree

Team Mildenhall children sing during the annual tree

Team Mildenhall children sing during the annual tree lighting ceremony at RAF Mildenhall, England, Dec. 4, 2018. The ceremony signified the start of the holiday season. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class... More

Families ride The Polar Express at the 2018 Fort Carson

Families ride The Polar Express at the 2018 Fort Carson

Families ride The Polar Express at the 2018 Fort Carson Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony at the William Reed Special Events Center, Fort Carson, Colorado, Dec. 6, 2018. This year's annual tree lighting ceremony f... More

Santa Claus arrives during the Fort Carson Morale,

Santa Claus arrives during the Fort Carson Morale,

Santa Claus arrives during the Fort Carson Morale, Wellness and Recreation tree lighting ceremony at the William "Bill" Reed Special Events Center on Fort Carson, Colo., Dec. 6, 2018. The free event featured ch... More

Two Fort McCoy youth are cheered on after lighting

Two Fort McCoy youth are cheered on after lighting

Two Fort McCoy youth are cheered on after lighting the Christmas tree Dec. 6, 2018, at McCoy's Community Center during the post's 2018 Christmas Tree-Lighting Ceremony. The event included songs sung by Fort McC... More

Logan Partin, son of U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Troy

Logan Partin, son of U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Troy

Logan Partin, son of U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Troy Partin, 334th Training Squadron course developer writer, visits with Santa during Christmas in the Park at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Dec. 6, 2018.... More

Barksdale families gather at Chapel One for the christmas

Barksdale families gather at Chapel One for the christmas

Barksdale families gather at Chapel One for the christmas tree lighting ceremony at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Dec. 4, 2019. Festivities included a meet and greet with Santa, free cookies, hot cocoa and app... 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

The Culver family poses with Santa Claus during a tree

The Culver family poses with Santa Claus during a tree

The Culver family poses with Santa Claus during a tree lighting ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, Dec. 5, 2019. Families got the opportunity to meet Santa in person, tell him what they want for... More

Olivia Davila dances to the 3rd Infantry Division Band

Olivia Davila dances to the 3rd Infantry Division Band

Olivia Davila dances to the 3rd Infantry Division Band during the Hunter Army Airfield Tree Lighting ceremony on Dec. 6, 2019. The HAAF Tree Lighting Ceremony included music from the 3rd ID Band along with ref... More

Col. Devin Pepper, 460th Space Wing commander and his

Col. Devin Pepper, 460th Space Wing commander and his

Col. Devin Pepper, 460th Space Wing commander and his family, light the Christmas tree during the annual tree lighting ceremony, Dec. 6, 2019, on Buckley Air Force Base, Colo. The tree lighting ceremony is host... More

One-year old Autum and her mother Desira Whitley, enjoy

One-year old Autum and her mother Desira Whitley, enjoy

One-year old Autum and her mother Desira Whitley, enjoy the festivities during the Fort Carson Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, Dec. 6, 2019, at the William "Bill" Reed Special Events Center, Fort Carson, Colo... More

BOSTON (Dec. 7, 2019) Cmdr. Nathaniel Shick, commanding

BOSTON (Dec. 7, 2019) Cmdr. Nathaniel Shick, commanding

BOSTON (Dec. 7, 2019) Cmdr. Nathaniel Shick, commanding officer of USS Constitution, stands at attention on the spar deck of USS Constitution before evening colors. Constitution, the world's oldest commissioned... More

191207-N-KH151-0064 NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (December

191207-N-KH151-0064 NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (December

191207-N-KH151-0064 NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (December 7, 2018) Construction Electrician 3rd Class Henry Odionyenfe, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11, assists a child playing on an att... More

Santa Claus exits a firetruck during the tree-lighting

Santa Claus exits a firetruck during the tree-lighting

Santa Claus exits a firetruck during the tree-lighting ceremony Dec. 1, 2020, at Chapel 2 on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. The ceremony included a a Christmas concert, speeches from several Dover AFB leaders,... More

Members of the 501st Combat Support Wing community

Members of the 501st Combat Support Wing community

Members of the 501st Combat Support Wing community gather for a tree lighting ceremony at RAF Alconbury, England, Dec. 4, 2020. Col. Kurt Wendt, 501 CSW commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Daniel Keene, 501 CSW co... More

Santa Clause wishes a little girl a happy holiday during

Santa Clause wishes a little girl a happy holiday during

Santa Clause wishes a little girl a happy holiday during the annual tree lighting ceremony on Shaw Air Force Base, Nov. 30. Airmen, family and members of the local community gathered at Shaw to celebrate the st... More

U.S Air Force Col. Buck Elton, 27th Special Operations

U.S Air Force Col. Buck Elton, 27th Special Operations

U.S Air Force Col. Buck Elton, 27th Special Operations Wing commander, announces the tree lighting as Cannon kids await to lift the lever that will light the tree at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., Dec.1, 2011. Th... More

Volunteers hand out free cookies during a Tree Lighting

Volunteers hand out free cookies during a Tree Lighting

Volunteers hand out free cookies during a Tree Lighting Ceremony in front of the Marine Corps Exchange aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Nov. 17. During the tree lighting, spectators enjoyed free... More

Soldiers stationed at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, clap and

Soldiers stationed at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, clap and

Soldiers stationed at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, clap and take photos of Santa Claus as he arrives atop a fire truck to a tree lighting ceremony at Camp Arifjan Dec. 4.

U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Edward D. Banta, Commanding

U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Edward D. Banta, Commanding

U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Edward D. Banta, Commanding General Marine Corps Installations West-Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, center, and U.S. Navy Capt. Lisa Mulligan, right, Commanding Officer Naval Hosp... More

Gunny Clause makes his way down to the Marine Corps

Gunny Clause makes his way down to the Marine Corps

Gunny Clause makes his way down to the Marine Corps Combat Service Support Schools Tree Lighting Ceremony held aboard Camp Johnson, N.C., Dec. 3, 2015. To honor the service of those in the past, present, and fu... More

A young member of Team Seymour sits on Santa’s lap

A young member of Team Seymour sits on Santa’s lap

A young member of Team Seymour sits on Santa’s lap during a tree lighting ceremony, Dec. 7, 2015, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. Members of Team Seymour lined up to take photos with Santa and participa... More

Members of the Army Reserve's 338th Army band played

Members of the Army Reserve's 338th Army band played

Members of the Army Reserve's 338th Army band played holiday music as U.S. Army Reserve Command employees and family members took part in USARC's Tree Lighting Ceremony and Holiday Open House held at USARC head... More

Misty Parks and her son Jack listen to the USAF Band

Misty Parks and her son Jack listen to the USAF Band

Misty Parks and her son Jack listen to the USAF Band of the Golden West Quartet during the tree lighting ceremony at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., Dec. 8, 2016. Patrons were treated to music by the USAF Band o... More

Children gather to look at winning submissions from

Children gather to look at winning submissions from

Children gather to look at winning submissions from the Mokapu Elementary's art, paragraph, and essay contest during the Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony held aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Nov. 30, 2017.... More

Attendees sled down a hill during the Tree Lighting

Attendees sled down a hill during the Tree Lighting

Attendees sled down a hill during the Tree Lighting Ceremony, Dec. 1, 2017, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The annual event brings the base community together as a way to show thanks for their continuous sacrific... More

An attendee high-fives a mascot during the Tree Lighting

An attendee high-fives a mascot during the Tree Lighting

An attendee high-fives a mascot during the Tree Lighting Ceremony, Nov. 30, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The event continues the tradition of families of deployed Airmen lighting the base Christmas tree. ... More

Santa Claus hands out candy for children at RAF Mildenhall,

Santa Claus hands out candy for children at RAF Mildenhall,

Santa Claus hands out candy for children at RAF Mildenhall, England, Dec. 4, 2018. The ceremony signified the start of the holiday season. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alexandria Lee)

Jenna Grewe, of Baltimore, Maryland, watches as her

Jenna Grewe, of Baltimore, Maryland, watches as her

Jenna Grewe, of Baltimore, Maryland, watches as her children, Kenny and Scarlett, spin a wheel to win a prize at the Fort Carson Morale, Wellness and Recreation tree lighting ceremony at the William "Bill" Reed... More

Keesler personnel attends Christmas in the Park at

Keesler personnel attends Christmas in the Park at

Keesler personnel attends Christmas in the Park at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Dec. 6, 2018. The event hosted by Outdoor Recreation included cookie and ornament decorating, games and visits with Santa.... More

Lucas Gibson, son of Sgt. 1st Class Steven Gibson,

Lucas Gibson, son of Sgt. 1st Class Steven Gibson,

Lucas Gibson, son of Sgt. 1st Class Steven Gibson, eats a cookie at the tree lighting ceremony at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Dec. 4, 2019. Families from across Barksdale gathered at Chapel One to watch the ... More

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Mikel Huber, commanding officer

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Mikel Huber, commanding officer

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Mikel Huber, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, enters a prize raffle during an annual tree lighting ceremony at MCAS Cherry Point, Dec. 5, 2019. This eve... 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

Members of Team Buckley gather around a Christmas tree

Members of Team Buckley gather around a Christmas tree

Members of Team Buckley gather around a Christmas tree during the annual tree lighting ceremony, Dec. 6, 2019, on Buckley Air Force Base, Colo. The tree lighting ceremony is hosted every year by the base comman... More

Santa Claus makes an appearance during the Fort Carson

Santa Claus makes an appearance during the Fort Carson

Santa Claus makes an appearance during the Fort Carson Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, Dec. 6, 2019, at the William "Bill" Reed Special Events Center, Fort Carson, Colorado. The ceremony kicked off the holida... More

Charlotte Gierber, receives a candy cane from a Morale

Charlotte Gierber, receives a candy cane from a Morale

Charlotte Gierber, receives a candy cane from a Morale Wellness and Readiness member during the Hunter Army Airfield Tree Lighting Ceremony on Dec. 6, 2019. The HAAF Tree Lighting Ceremony included music from t... More

BOSTON (Dec. 7, 2019) Cmdr. Nathaniel Shick, commanding

BOSTON (Dec. 7, 2019) Cmdr. Nathaniel Shick, commanding

BOSTON (Dec. 7, 2019) Cmdr. Nathaniel Shick, commanding officer of USS Constitution, addresses the crowd before the annual tree lighting ceremony on the spar deck of USS Constitution. Constitution, the world's ... More

191207-N-KH151-0083 NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (December

191207-N-KH151-0083 NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (December

191207-N-KH151-0083 NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (December 7, 2018) A child watches The Festy Kids Band perform during Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota, Spain’s, holiday tree-lighting ceremony, Winter Wonderland. Naval... More

Col. Matthew Jones, 436th Airlift Wing commander, wishes

Col. Matthew Jones, 436th Airlift Wing commander, wishes

Col. Matthew Jones, 436th Airlift Wing commander, wishes Airmen and their families a safe and happy holiday at the tree-lighting ceremony Dec. 1, 2020, at Chapel 2 on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. The ceremon... More

Members of the 501st Combat Support Wing community

Members of the 501st Combat Support Wing community

Members of the 501st Combat Support Wing community gather for a tree lighting ceremony at RAF Alconbury, England, Dec. 4, 2020. Col. Kurt Wendt, 501 CSW commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Daniel Keene, 501 CSW co... More

The Christmas tree at Memorial Lake during the annual

The Christmas tree at Memorial Lake during the annual

The Christmas tree at Memorial Lake during the annual tree lighting ceremony on Shaw Air Force Base, Nov. 30. Airmen, family and members of the local community gathered at Shaw to celebrate the start of the ho... More

Santa rides in a fire truck for a Tree Lighting Ceremony

Santa rides in a fire truck for a Tree Lighting Ceremony

Santa rides in a fire truck for a Tree Lighting Ceremony in front of the Marine Corps Exchange aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Nov. 17. Santa helped light the tree to kick off the holiday season.

The staff and students of Marine Corps Combat Service

The staff and students of Marine Corps Combat Service

The staff and students of Marine Corps Combat Service Support Schools (MCCSSS) make their way into the gym for festivities after the MCCSSS Tree Lighting Ceremony held aboard Camp Johnson, N.C., Dec. 3, 2015. T... More

Members of Team Seymour ride in a carriage during a

Members of Team Seymour ride in a carriage during a

Members of Team Seymour ride in a carriage during a tree lighting ceremony, Dec. 7, 2015, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. Food venders, jewelry venders and free horse-drawn carriage rides were available... More

U.S. Army Reserve Maj. Bronwyn Odhner, team chief action

U.S. Army Reserve Maj. Bronwyn Odhner, team chief action

U.S. Army Reserve Maj. Bronwyn Odhner, team chief action officer with the G-1, displays her hand-made clay fairy from her decorated cubicle as U.S. Army Reserve Command employees and family members took part in... More

U.S. Air Force Capt. (Chaplain) Kemuel Bellows provides

U.S. Air Force Capt. (Chaplain) Kemuel Bellows provides

U.S. Air Force Capt. (Chaplain) Kemuel Bellows provides remarks during the tree lighting ceremony at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., Dec. 8, 2016. Patrons were treated to music by the USAF Band of the Golden Wes... More

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