Air Force Capt. Steven Martina, a 36th Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules navigator from Yokota Air Base, Japan, communicates to the flight crew Dec. 14 during Operation Christmas Drop 2010. Airmen from the 36th Wing at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, and the 36th Airlift Squadron come together each year as a part of a training exercise to drop thousands of pounds of donated supplies over the Micronesian Islands. This year, more than 20,000 pounds of supplies, worth more than $93,000, will be dropped over 55 Micronesian Islands throughout the week. Senior Airman Nichelle Anderson

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