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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Dozens of volunteers take calls while sitting at tables covered in Christmas decor as Santa flies with reindeer on a monitor.

Santa's Call Center

Volunteers monitor phone lines at the NORAD Tracks Santa operations center at Peterson Space Force Base, Colo., Dec. 24, 2025. Every year on Christmas Eve, the North American Aerospace Defense Command conducts the special mission of tracking Santa using the same satellites, radar and fighter jets it uses throughout the year to track anything that flies in or around North American airspace.

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