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Merry Christmas Drop from Woleai

A village elder sorts a pair of shoes and some fishing line out from a pile of goods delivered via a Low-Cost, Low-Altitude bundle as part of Operation Christmas Drop 2019, Woleai, Federated States of Micronesia, Dec. 10, 2019. Each year, OCD serves as a proving ground for the techniques used and shared between the U.S. Air Force and its regional partners in preparation to respond to natural disasters, increasing regional stability and security. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew Gilmore)

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Merry Christmas Drop from Woleai

A pair of village elders on the island of Woleai in the Federated States of Micronesia, sort through one of five Low-Cost, Low-Altitude bundles airdropped as part Operation Christmas Drop 2019, Dec. 10, 2019. OCD serves as a training platform for the U.S. Air Force and its partners to better train for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief through the use of LCLA airdrops on unsurveyed drop zones throughout the Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew Gilmore)

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Merry Christmas Drop from Woleai

Two children stare through a screened window as the village elders on the island of Woleai in the Federated States of Micronesia sort through the supplies received during Operation Christmas Drop 2019, Dec. 10, 2019. With OCD delivering five bundles of humanitarian aid to Woleai, it is the duty of the elders to ensure the critical supplies received are evenly distributed throughout the island’s populace. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew Gilmore)

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Merry Christmas Drop from Woleai

A group of villagers work together to carry a Low-Cost, Low-Altitude humanitarian aid bundle through the jungle as part of Operation Christmas Drop 2019, Woleai, Federated States of Micronesia, Dec. 10, 2019. OCD serves as a training platform for the U.S. Air Force and its partners to better train for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief through the use of LCLA airdrops on unsurveyed drop zones throughout the Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew Gilmore)

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Merry Christmas Drop from Woleai

A group of villagers work together to carry a Low-Cost, Low-Altitude humanitarian aid bundle through the jungle as part of Operation Christmas Drop 2019, Woleai, Federated States of Micronesia, Dec. 10, 2019. OCD serves as a training platform for the U.S. Air Force and its partners to better train for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief through the use of LCLA airdrops on unsurveyed drop zones throughout the Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew Gilmore)

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Merry Christmas Drop from Woleai

A drawing of a C-130J Super Hercules airlifting supplies rests on the top of a Low-Cost, Low-Altitude humanitarian aid bundle delivered during Operation Christmas Drop 2019, Woleai, Federated States of Micronesia, Dec. 10, 2019. Every December C-130 crews from Yokota Air Base, Japan, team up with the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force, Royal Australian Air Force, and Royal New Zealand Air Force for OCD, a humanitarian aid and disaster relief training exercise designed to airdrop critical supplies to remote islands like Woleai throughout the FSM and the Republic of Palau. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew Gilmore)

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Merry Christmas Drop from Woleai

A group of six villagers work together to carry a Low-Cost, Low-Altitude humanitarian aid bundle through the jungle as part of Operation Christmas Drop 2019, Woleai, Federated States of Micronesia, Dec. 10, 2019. Each year, OCD serves as a proving ground for the techniques used and shared between the U.S. Air Force and its regional partners in preparation to respond to natural disasters, increasing regional stability and security. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew Gilmore)

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Merry Christmas Drop from Woleai

A group of six villagers work together to carry a Low-Cost, Low-Altitude humanitarian aid bundle through the jungle as part of Operation Christmas Drop 2019, Woleai, Federated States of Micronesia, Dec. 10, 2019. Each year, OCD serves as a proving ground for the techniques used and shared between the U.S. Air Force and its regional partners in preparation to respond to natural disasters, increasing regional stability and security. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew Gilmore)

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Merry Christmas Drop from Woleai

A villager looks up at a parachute of a Low-Cost, Low-Altitude bundle trapped in tree as part of Operation Christmas Drop 2019, Woleai, Federated States of Micronesia, Dec. 10, 2019. OCD is a quadrilateral training mission designed to give C-130 crews from the U.S. Air Force, Japanese Air Self-Defense Force, Royal Australian Air Force, and Royal New Zealand Air Force a chance to airdrop supplies on unsurveyed drop zones like Woleai, throughout the Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew Gilmore)

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Merry Christmas Drop from Woleai

A villager climbs atop a tree to cut free the parachute of a Low-Cost, Low-Altitude bundle airdropped to the island as part of Operation Christmas Drop 2019, Woleai, Federated States of Micronesia, Dec. 10, 2019. With limited goods regularly coming to such remote islands like Woleai, 20,000 people on islands scattered throughout the Pacific rely on the critical supplies OCD provides. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew Gilmore)

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Merry Christmas Drop from Woleai

A pair of villagers stand atop two Low-Cost, Low-Altitude humanitarian aid bundles airdropped to the island of Woleai in the Federated States of Micronesia during Operation Christmas Drop 2019, Dec. 10, 2019. Through training with LCLA bundles, the U.S. Air Force and its partners, the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force, Royal Australian Air Force, and Royal New Zealand Air Force are able to deliver humanitarian aid to more than 20,000 people throughout the Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew Gilmore)

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Merry Christmas Drop from Woleai

Villagers on the island of Woleai in the Federated States of Micronesia retrieve one of five Low-Cost, Low-Altitude humanitarian aid bundles airdropped to them as part of Operation Christmas Drop 2019, Dec. 10, 2019. In its 68th year, OCD is the world’s longest running airdrop training mission, providing critical supplies to 55 remote Micronesian islands like Woleai, impacting approximately 20,000 people across 1.8 million square nautical miles of operating area. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew Gilmore)

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Merry Christmas Drop from Woleai

The tail end of Woleai, an atoll consisting of 22 islands in the eastern Caroline Islands in the Pacific Ocean, stands ready to receive five Low-Cost, Low-Altitude bundles as part of Operation Christmas Drop 2019, Woleai, Federated States of Micronesia, Dec. 10, 2019. Every December C-130 crews from Yokota Air Base, Japan, team up with the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force, Royal Australian Air Force, and Royal New Zealand Air Force for OCD, a humanitarian aid and disaster relief training exercise designed to airdrop critical supplies to remote islands like Woleai throughout the FSM and the Republic of Palau. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew Gilmore)

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OCD Opening Ceremony 2019

Ambassador Robert Riley, U.S. Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia, Col. Matthew Nicholson, 36th Wing vice commander, Col. Otis Jones, 374th Airlift Wing commander, and others make the ceremonial “push” of the the first pallet to kick-off Operation Christmas Drop. Nearly seven decades of valuable training for aircrews and the resulting delivery of more than one million pounds of charitable goods later, the 2019 missions are set to carry on this tradition of international goodwill. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ryan Brooks)

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OCD Opening Ceremony 2019

Ambassador Robert Riley, U.S. Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia, speaks at the Operation Christmas Drop opening ceremony at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 9, 2019. During the weeklong international charity effort, Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) airpower ambassadors from Andersen AFB, Guam, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, and Yokota Air Base, Japan, will work with their partners in the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, the Royal Australian Air Force, and the Royal New Zealand Air Force, to execute low-cost, low-altitude training air drops. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ryan Brooks)

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OCD Opening Ceremony 2019

Col. Otis Jones, 374th Airlift Wing commander, speaks at the Operation Christmas Drop opening ceremony at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 9, 2019. The aerial delivery serves as valuable interoperability training with the partner nations while delivering various donations provided by private donors, charitable organizations and the University of Guam. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ryan Brooks)

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OCD Opening Ceremony 2019

Col. Matthew Nicholson, 36th Wing vice commander, speaks at the Operation Christmas Drop opening ceremony at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 9, 2019. During the weeklong international charity effort, Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) airpower ambassadors from Andersen AFB, Guam, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, and Yokota Air Base, Japan, will work with their partners in the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, the Royal Australian Air Force, and the Royal New Zealand Air Force, to execute low-cost, low-altitude training air drops. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ryan Brooks)

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OCD Opening Ceremony 2019

Capt. Nicholas Reid, 673rd Air Base Wing chaplain, delivers the invocation during the Operation Christmas Drop opening ceremony at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 9, 2019. The rich history of Operation Christmas Drop started in 1952 when locals on the atoll of Kapingamarangi waved at the aircrew of a passing WB-50 Superfortress, prompting the crew to gather, pack and parachute goods to the islanders. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ryan Brooks)

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OCD Opening Ceremony 2019

Members of the 36th Wing base honor guard present the colors at the Operation Christmas Drop “Push” Ceremony at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 9, 2019. Operation Christmas Drop is an annual U.S. Air Force tradition of packaging and delivering food, tools and clothing to more than 56 remote islands in the South-Eastern Pacific, including the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ryan Brooks)

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OCD Opening Ceremony 2019

Members of the 36th Wing base honor guard await to present the colors at the Operation Christmas Drop “Push” Ceremony at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 9, 2019. Operation Christmas Drop is an annual U.S. Air Force tradition of packaging and delivering food, tools and clothing to more than 56 remote islands in the South-Eastern Pacific, including the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ryan Brooks)

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