Operation Christmas Drop
Aren B. Palik, vice president of the Federated States of Micronesia, left; Bruce Best, known at Operation Christmas Drop as "Brother Bruce;" and Air Force Col. Richard McElhaney, 374th Airlift Wing commander, push a bundle onto a Yokota Air Base C-130J Super Hercules during the Operation Christmas Drop 2025 push ceremony at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 8, 2025.