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Equipment Operator Second Class (EO2) Larry Fulbright instructs a local worker of Palau in the basic functions of carpentry. After an apprenticeship of one year of training for the local work force, the Seabees hold an awards ceremony for the local residents who are then ready to join the local labor force

The mission commander aboard a 374th Airlift Wing C-130 Hercules aircraft examines the drop zone as he prepares to deliver boxes of gifts to islanders of the Federated States of Micronesia. Flown by crews from the 345th and the 21st Airlift Squadrons, the C-130 is participating in Christmas Drop '92, the 40th anniversary of the humanitarian effort. Every Christmas since 1952, food, clothing, tools and toys donated by residents of Guam have been delivered by air to 40 Micronesian islands

Santa nose art painted on a C-130 Hercules aircraft of the 374th Airlift Wing commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Christmas air drops to islanders of the Federated States of Micronesia. Crews from the 345th and 21st Airlift Squadrons are assigned to fly the C-130 for the Christmas Drop '92 missions. Every Christmas since 1952, food, clothing, tools and toys donated by residents of Guam have been delivered by air to 40 Micronesian islands

CHIEF Steelworker Ignacio P. Lopez converses with local villagers on the island of Yap. Lopez is a U.S. Navy construction battalion member assigned to a Civic Action Team deployed to the area to aid villagers with construction projects and offer vocational training

A container floats toward its island destination after being airdropped from a 374th Tactical Airlift Wing C-130 Hercules aircraft during Christmas Drop container floats toward its destination. The annual airdrop is a humanitarian effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season

CPT Michael D'Albertis and an assistant pick up donated items for Christmas Drop, a humanitarian airdrop effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season. D'Albertis, a member of the 605th Military Airlift Support Squadron, is vice chairman of the program

Steelworker 1ST Class Marion D. Jones watches as a local carver creates a storyboard on the island of Yap. Jones is a United States (US) Navy construction battalion member assigned to a Civic Action Team deployed to the area to aid villagers with construction projects and offer vocational training

CPT Wayne Shatz, pilot with 374th Tactical Airlift Wing, looks out over an island from the cockpit of his C-130 Hercules aircraft as he flies a Christmas Drop mission. The annual airdrop is a humanitarian effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season

SSGT Thomas Johnson, foreground, 8th Mobile Aerial Port Squadron, rigs a parachute to a Christmas Drop container. The annual airdrop is a humanitarian effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season

Members of the 8th Mobile Aerial Port Squadron load Christmas Drop containers onto a 374th Tactical Airlift Wing C-130 Hercules aircraft. The annual airdrop is a humanitarian effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season

Members of the 8th Mobile Aerial Port Squadron rig parachutes in preparation for Christmas Drop. The annual airdrop is a humanitarian effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season

Boxes rigged with parachutes are pushed out of a 374th Airlift Wing C-130 Hercules aircraft during the delivery of boxes of gifts to islanders of the Federated States of Micronesia. Flown by crews from the 345th and the 21st Airlift Squadrons, the C-130 is participating in Christmas Drop '92, the 40th anniversary of the humanitarian effort. Every Christmas since 1952, food, clothing, tools and toys donated by residents of Guam have been delivered by air to 40 Micronesian islands