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SENIOR CHIEF Builder (BUCS) Jeffrey Gilbert assist his shipmates as they measure and cut lengths of wood during the construction of an new barracks on the Seabee compound

Donated Christmas gifts collected by volunteers from the 43rd Security Police Squadron, the 605th Military Airlift Support Squadron, and the 43rd Munitions Maintenance Squadron are parachuted onto an island

A 374th Tactical Airlift Wing C-130 Hercules aircraft stands on the flight line after delivering Christmas Drop packages for Micronesian island people evacuated to Saipan because of a typhoon. The annual airdrop is humanitarian effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season

A Chuukese apprentice, Farkos Kosam, practices masonry work under the guidance of TECH. SGT. John Stainer, a structures technician from Pope Air Force Base, N.C. SGT. Stainer is a member of a thirteen man civic-action team, on 8-months temporary duty, and chartered to enhance the socio-economic development of Chuuk, while providing a U.S. military presence at this island 632 miles southeast of Guam. Exact Date Shot Unknown . Published in AIRMAN Magazine August 1997

Santa Clause (CPT Mike D'Albertis, 605th Military Airlift Support Squadron) and SSGT Tony Thompson, loadmaster with the 21st Tactical Airlift Squadron, watch as a Christmas Drop container is parachuted toward its destination. The annual airdrop is a humanitarian airdrop effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season

Villagers on a Micronesian island wait for containers to be airdropped from a 347th Tactical Airlift Wing C-130 Hercules aircraft during Christmas drop. The annual airdrop is a humanitarian effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season

Volunteers from the 44th Aerial Port Squadron, the 349th Field Maintenance Squadron, and the 605th Military Airlift Support Squadron pack Christmas gifts which will be airdropped onto islands in Micronesia

A package containing Christmas presents falls with its parachute onto a local island. The donated gifts were collected by volunteers from the 43rd Security Police Squadron, the 605th Military Airlift Support Squadron, and the 43rd Munitions Maintenance Squadron

A view of buildings on a Micronesian island as seen from the back of a 374th Tactical Airlift Wing C-130 Hercules aircraft. The plane will be airdropping containers onto the island during Christmas Drop, an annual, humanitarian airdrop providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season

Personnel from the 345th and 21st Tactical Airlift Squadrons stack boxes of Christmas gifts which will be airdropped onto islands in Micronesia

Engineering Aid Second Class (EA2) Sean Henderson is directing the unloading of pallets of supplies for detachment personnel of Civic Action Team Palau. Work continues through adverse weather conditions of sudden rain and tropical thunderstorms

Builder 2nd Class James A. Corter inspects the title work of Jackson Saburo as the two work on a Civic Action Team project at McDonald Memorial Hospital, Palau. The team, composed of United States Navy construction battalion members, is deployed to the island to aid villagers with construction projects and offer vocational training