Airman 1st Class Kam Watt, 4th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, poses for a photo inside a C-17 Globemaster III before taking off from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Dec. 22, 2019. After a seven-day mission, Watt and the rest of the aircrew were headed back to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mikayla Heineck)

Staff Sgt. Dan Antonio Deladingco, 627th Security Forces Squadron (SFS) combat arms instructor, demonstrates the prone supported position to students during a qualification course for the M-4 rifle at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Jan. 23, 2020. Combat arms is one of three missions for the 627th SFS, which also includes flight line security and protecting aircraft in austere environments through the Phoenix Raven program. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh)

Col. Erin Staine-Pyne, 62nd Airlift Wing commander, speaks to members of the wing during a commander’s call Jan. 16, 2020 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. Staine-Pyne served previously at JBLM as vice wing commander and the 8th Airlift Squadron commander from June 2013 to February 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Smoot)

Fliers of a P-51 Mustang Group of the 15th Air Force in Italy talk in the shadow of one off the Mustangs they fly, August 1944. Left to right, Lt. Dempsey W. Morgan Jr., Lt. Carroll S. Woods, Lt. Robert H. Nelson Jr., Capt. Andrew D. Turner, and Lt. Clarence P. Lester.

Maj. Gen. Sam Barrett, 18th Air Force commander, hands off the guidon to Col. Erin Staine-Pyne, 62nd Airlift Wing commander, on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Jan 10, 2020. The passing of the guidon represents a formal transfer of authority and responsibility from an outgoing commander to an incoming one. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mikayla Heineck)

Not everyone can go home for the holidays but that doesn’t mean anyone has to miss out on holiday festivities. Operation Turkey Drop, Operation Cookie Drop and Operation Ham Grenade are among several 2019 seasonal initiatives Joint Base Lewis-McChord conducts to spread Yuletide spirit.

Nine speakers shared their personal stories of leadership, self-improvement and resiliency during the first-ever TEDx speaking event here, Nov. 1, 2019.

Leadership members from the 62nd Airlift Wing, Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), Wash., look around a basic military training dormitory in the 321st Training Squadron (321 TRS) at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, Oct. 17, 2019. U.S. Air Force basic military trainees are required to meet specific requirements in the presentation of their wall lockers and dormitory. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mikayla Heineck)