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Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., hosts its 18th annual Christmas Tree Lighting, Dec. 8, 2017. Due to inclement weather, Cherry Point community members celebrated the MCCS-managed festivities indoors with hot chocolate, cookies, performances by the United Service Organization’s Show Troupe and a viewing of a Christmas-themed movie. The tree lighting was displayed on-screen as patrons counted down and welcomed the holiday season. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Jason Jimenez/ Released)

U.S. and Philippine service members play with children during a community relations event in support of Balikatan 2017 at Clark Air Base in Angeles City, Pampanga, May 13, 2017. The community relations event was held to build a relationship with the local populous. Balikatan is an annual U.S.-Philippine bilateral military exercise focused on a variety of missions, including humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, counterterrorism, and other combined military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. David Adams) Interview 1: Interview 2: Maj. Arvin Gundran Director of Civil Military Operations 600th Air Base Wing, Armed Forces of the Philippines Interview 2: Maj. Joel Vergara Chaplain Australian Defence Force Interview 3: Senior Airman Holly Yancey Air Transportation Specialist 36th Mobility Response Squadron