Col. William L. Depue Jr. works with his battalion’s team to complete squad pushups Dec. 16 during the Camp Commander’s Jingle Bell Challenge aboard Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan. The squad pushups were one of the stages to the elf tryouts, which also consisted of pullups and ammunition can lifts. Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific-Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, Japan, won this challenge. Depue is the camp commander of Camp Foster and commanding officer of H&S Bn, MCIPAC-MCB Camp Butler, Japan.

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