Marine Corps Installations West

Service members and their families attend the annual Trees For Troops event at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 7, 2019. The event had a variety of vendors, festivities and food booths, as well as over 600 Christmas trees available to the attendees free of charge. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Anthony Alvarez)

Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton hosts the 2019 Tree Lighting Celebration at the Pacific Views Marine Corps Exchange on Camp Pendleton, California, Nov. 23, 2019. This event consists of a 50 foot holiday tree, children’s carnival with games and rides, various sweepstakes, Santa and Mrs. Clause. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Anthony Alvarez)

Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton hosts the 2019 Tree Lighting Celebration at the Pacific Views Marine Corps Exchange on Camp Pendleton, California, Nov. 23, 2019. The 50 foot holiday tree has over 30,000 twinkling lights and has been used for the past five years. The event also consists of a children’s carnival with games and rides, various sweepstakes, Santa and Mrs. Clause. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl Dylan Chagnon)