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- I'm Senior Airman Dhruv Gopinath reporting from

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Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, where service members

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and their families from around the island

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have come together for the Bundle Build ahead

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of Operation Christmas Drop.

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Supplies like food, clothing, and educational materials

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were brought together to help spread the Christmas spirit

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to remote islands across the Pacific.

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- It's an amazing event seeing the cooperation

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between our partner nations, the community coming together

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and all doing this to serve other folks.

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That's part of what the military's about.

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- [Dhruv] For those participating in Operation Christmas

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Drop for the first time, it has already been

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a rewarding experience.

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- When I was going through school to be a Load Master

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this is all they talked about, 'cause I was going

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to Yokota.

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They're like hey, you get to do Christmas Drops.

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It's gonna be the highlight of your career.

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So far it has been and I'm just blessed to be able

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to take part and give to the people on the islands

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and bring them joy during the Christmas season.

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- [Dhruv] Operation Christmas Drop has grown

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from covering just one island in 1952 to over 50 today.

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Senior Airman Dhruv Gopinath, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.

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- Merry Christmas.