Gallery: Thanksgiving in the military

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  • 151126-N-ZG705-690 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Nov. 26, 2015) Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. John M. Richardson shares Thanksgiving dinner with Sailors on the mess deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Mike Stevens and Richardson visited Harry S. Truman for the Thanksgiving holiday. Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is deployed to support maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of operation. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class K. H. Anderson/Released)
  • 151126-N-ZG705-230 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Nov. 26, 2015) Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Mike Stevens greets Sailors during a frocking ceremony in the hangar bay aboard aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Stevens visited Harry S. Truman for the Thanksgiving holiday with the Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John M. Richardson. Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is deployed to support maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of operation. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class K. H. Anderson/Released)
  • 151126-N-QH848-177 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Nov. 26, 2015) Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Mike Stevens share Thanksgiving dinner with Sailors on the mess deck aboard aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Stevens visited Harry S. Truman for the Thanksgiving holiday with the Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John M. Richardson. Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is deployed to support maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of operation. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class A. Cruz/Released)
  • 151126-N-ZG705-641 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Nov. 26, 2015) Rear Adm. Bret Batchelder, commander carrier strike group 8, and Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. John M. Richardson serve turkey to Sailors on the mess deck aboard aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Richardson visited Harry S. Truman for the Thanksgiving holiday with Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Mike Stevens. Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is deployed to support maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of operation. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class K. H. Anderson/Released)
  • U.S. Navy Capt. Sean Bailey (center-left), the commanding officer of the USS Arlington (LPD 24) with the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Daniel Coleman (center-right), the commander of troops aboard the USS Arlington with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit cut a turkey during a turkey cutting ceremony, while personnel from the staff gather around to watch, aboard the USS Arlington to begin the Thanksgiving Day meal while forward deployed in the Gulf of Aden, Nov. 26, 2015. Marines and Sailors are deployed to the 5th Fleet area of operation in support of maritime security operations being conducted in the area. (United States Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Austin Long/ Released)
  • Florida Army National Guard members deployed from the 1st Battalion, 265th Air Defense Artillery Regiment in Palm Coast, Fla., play Florida Air National Guard members deployed from the 290th Joint Communications Support Squadron at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., in a friendly “Turkey Bowl” football game at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Nov. 26, 2015. The Army National Guard team won the game 42-35.
  • Staff Sgt. Damian Kelton, 817th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron participated in the Thanksgiving pool parade at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Kelton’s boat was a turkey made out of water bottles, cardboard and duct tape. Kelton and his teammate named their boat “kilo.” (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Terrica Y. Jones/Released)
  • The 10th Mountain Division Soldiers play a 3-on-3 basketball tournament at TB Gamberi Nov. 26, 2015. Twelve teams signed up for the Thanksgiving Basketball Tournament to celebrate Thanksgiving while building esprit de corps and camaraderie. (photo by U.S. Army Maj. Asha Cooper)
  • Brig. Gen. Darren James, 379th Air Expeditionary Wing commander, serves turkey to a deployed service member during the Thanksgiving lunch service in the Manhattan Dining Facility at Al Udied Air Base, Qatar, Nov. 26. The general joined dozens of senior leaders from across AUAB to serve food to service members as a way of thanking them for their service. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James Hodgman/Released)
  • Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work serves Thanksgiving dinner to service members in Al Udeid, Qatar Nov. 26, 2015. (DoD photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Clydell Kinchen) (Released)
  • Members of Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 16-13 host Thanksgiving dinner for Coast Guard Station Toledo’s crew and their families, Nov. 26, 2015. Adm. June Ryan, commander of the Ninth Coast Guard District, Capt. Scott Lemasters, Commanding Officer of Coast Guard Sector Detroit and his family, along with Coast Guard members from the Incident Command Post in Toledo, also participated in the Thanksgiving meal. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jetta Disco)
  • 151125-N-PD309-032 NORFOLK, Va. (Nov. 25, 2015) Hospitalman Apprentice Kierra Donadelle (right), assigned to Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, reunites with her family at Norfolk International Airport to attend the U.S. Navy Morale, Welfare and Recreation ThanksGathering holiday event, in partnership with SC Johnson. More than 70 military men and women from bases in the Norfolk area were reunited with family members for two days of family togetherness on board Naval Station Norfolk. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Deven Leigh Ellis/Released)
  • 151125-N-PD309-043 NORFOLK, Va. (Nov. 25, 2015) Airman Ticosa King (right), assigned to Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 12, reunites with her family at Norfolk International Airport to attend the U.S. Navy Morale, Welfare and Recreation ThanksGathering holiday event, in partnership with SC Johnson. More than 70 military men and women from bases in the Norfolk area were reunited with family members for two days of family togetherness on board Naval Station Norfolk. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Deven Leigh Ellis/Released)
  • CHANGI NAVAL BASE, Singapore – (Nov. 27, 2015) – Culinary Specialist 2nd Class Christian Diaz, left, Culinary Specialist 1st Class Erwin Aurich, center, Culinary Specialist 2nd Class Marc Andre, center, and Culinary Specialist 1st Class Luis Romero pose for picture behind the Thanksgiving Day feast they prepared for their fellow sailors in Littoral Combat Ship Crew 101 aboard USS Fort Worth (LCS 3). Currently on a 16-month rotational deployment in support of the Asia-Pacific Rebalance, Fort Worth is a fast and agile warship tailor-made to patrol the region’s littorals and work hull-to-hull with partner navies, providing 7th Fleet with the flexible capabilities it needs now and in the future. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Antonio Turretto Ramos/ Released)