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Alvino Alis, Satawal native, participates in a bundle build during Operation Christmas Drop 2025 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 6, 2025. Alis, along with his church group, volunteered for the first time to help build bundles to be air dropped to the Federated States of Micronesia. OCD25 is an annual tradition with a long history of providing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force video by Airman 1st Class Xavier Romero)

International guests, observers and participants attend the push ceremony of Operation Christmas Drop 2025 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 8, 2025. The push ceremony kicked off airdrop missions for OCD25, in which each nation participating coordinated and delivered 270 bundles to 59 remote islands in the Federal States of Micronesia and the Republic of Palau. Being the longest-running humanitarian mission in the Department of War, OCD25 serves as a training opportunity for aircrew in low-level flight, precision airdrop techniques and logistical coordination – skills developed to gain rapid global airlift missions in the U.S. Air Force. (U.S. Air Force video by Airman 1st Class Joseph Maye)

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Eugene Halishlius, Woleai and Satawal native, participates in Operation Christmas Drop 2025 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 10, 2025. OCD25 is an annual tradition with a long history of providing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force video by Senior Airman Audree Campbell)

Exercise FISGA RAIN 2025 is a joint exercise designed to evaluate and improve the ability of participating units to establish and maintain communication networks in a contested environment. During the exercise, warfighters trained to rapidly employ joint tactics amid degraded communications, testing participants’ adaptability and improving interoperability between joint partners. (U.S. Air Force video by Senior Airman Jordan McCoy)

Volunteers decorated and packed bundles in support of Operation Christmas Drop 2025 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 5, 2025. Operation Christmas Drop, a multinational effort encompassing a single region, showcases complex logistical coordination and interagency collaboration. Visits from observers and distinguished guests show how participating nations combine to achieve an elaborate humanitarian airlift mission effort. (U.S. Air Force video by Airman 1st Class Joseph Maye)

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 23d Air Task Force and the 23d Combat Air Base Squadron participate in exercise Northern Strike 25-2 at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center in Alpena, Michigan, Aug. 6, 2025. Northern Strike 25-2 is a premier reserve component training event focused on joint readiness, building interoperability and strengthening partnerships in an all-domain environment. (U.S. Air Force Video by Senior Airman Leighton Lucero)

(No Namekeys) Intro: Staff at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan hosted the first Garrison Games at their installation. Its a friendly competition to test Marines’ military stamina and skills against Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers from neighboring garrisons. Outro: Camp Fuji Marines took home the traveling trophy this year. Next year another base will host the Garrison Games and teams will attempt to win the trophy away from the Marines. Creators envisioned that the games will continue for the foreseeable future.

Staff at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan hosted the first Garrison Games at their installation. Its a friendly competition to test Marines’ military stamina and skills against Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers from neighboring garrisons. Camp Fuji Marines took home the traveling trophy this year. Next year another base will host the Garrison Games and teams will attempt to win the trophy away from the Marines. Creators envisioned that the games will continue for the foreseeable future.

U.S. Air Force Air National Guardsmen assigned to the 115th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Truax Field, Wisconsin Air National Guard, and the 187th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Dannelly Field, Alabama Air National Guard, set up lightning protection systems at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, in support of exercise Resolute Force Pacific, July 13, 2025. REFORPAC is part of the first-in-a-generation Department-Level Exercise series, a new way of conducting operations in a contested, dynamic environment to build capabilities making a stronger, more lethal deterrent force. The DLE series encompasses all branches of the Department of Defense, along with Allies and partners, employing more than 400 Joint and coalition aircraft and more than 12,000 members at more than 50 locations across 3,000 miles. (U.S. Air Force video by Airman Xavier Romero)

U.S. 8th Army Sexual Harassment Assault Response and Prevention Program hosts Take Back the Night run/walk/march 5K at Camp Humphreys, South Korea, April 18, 2025. Take Back the Night was inspired by activists from 1970s who protested the lack of safety for women to walk around at night. The campaign aims to empower survivors, raise awareness and promote community involvement through organized marches, walks and runs. (U.S. Army video by Cpl. Inwoo Cho)

United States Army Col. Chul Woo Kim, the command chaplain for U.S. Forces Korea, Combined Forces Command and United Nations Command, speaks on his motivation and what guided him towards the Chaplain Corp. during an interview at USFK Headquarters on Camp Humphreys, South Korea, Sept. 10, 2024. His love for people and his troops has been at the forefront of his leadership since commissioning as an officer in the U.S. Army. (U.S. Air Force video by Senior Airman Chase Sullivan)

United States Army Cpl. Peter Scott, a euphonium player with the 8th Army Band, shares what he loves most about being part of the unit after recently earning the title of Soldier of the Year for the 8th Army. Scott reflected on the sense of camaraderie, musical excellence and unique mission of the Army Band as highlights of his service. (U.S. Army video by Sgt. Rasmyyah Green)

U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, participate in an annual Chipyong-ni Tomahawk Trial exercise at Chipyong-ni, South Korea, March 21, 2025. The exercise included a 7-mile ruck march, land navigation, and patrols, testing their endurance, knowledge and resilience while honoring those who fought at Chipyong-ni. (U.S. Air Force video by Senior Airman Sergio Avalos)

United States Army Col. Chad Black, director of Brian D. Allgood Army Community Hospital, speaks with Senior Airman Colin Perkins, a broadcaster and DJ assigned to American Forces Network Humphreys, about health care during a radio interview at Camp Humphreys, South Korea, March 26, 2025. During the interview, Black discusses the BDAACH Better Health initiative which helps soldiers and families with access to care and virtual appointments at BDAACH as well as outlying health care facilities on the Korean Peninsula. In addition to be being the BDAACH director, Black serves the commander of 549th Hospital Center and Medical Department Activity-Korea

U.S. and Republic of Korea military forces conducted a joint air assault exercise at the Twin Bridge Training Complex near Paju, South Korea, March 11, 2025. Soldiers from the U.S. Army’s 2nd Infantry Division and the Republic of Korea Army’s 1st Infantry Division secured a landing zone and established control. The landing enhanced interoperability and mission readiness for the alliance in support of defending the Korean peninsula. (U.S. Army Sgt. Rasmyyah Green)