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Marine Corps Communication-Electronic School Marines collect toys during a Toys for Tots Fun Run aboard the Combat Center, Dec. 9, 2015. More than 2,000 participants purchased and ran with toys to donate to the U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots Program. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Levi Schultz/Released) - Marine Corps Communication-Electronic School Marines collect toys during a Toys for Tots Fun Run aboard the Combat Center, Dec. 9, 2015. More than 2,000 participants purchased and ran with toys to donate to the U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots Program. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Levi Schultz/Released)

Marines run to donate Toys for Tots

It’s not every day Marines are afforded the opportunity to give back to the community while improving physical fitness. Marine Corps Communication-Electronics School did just that during the Toys for Tots Fun Run aboard the Combat Center, Dec. 9, 2015.

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Lance Cpl. Basem Bakhtan, postal clerk, Headquarters Battalion, sorts through incoming mail at the Combat Center Post Office Dec. 11. During the holiday season, postal Marines work twice as hard to make sure service members and their families receive their holiday packages. - Lance Cpl. Basem Bakhtan, postal clerk, Headquarters Battalion, sorts through incoming mail at the Combat Center Post Office Dec. 11. During the holiday season, postal Marines work twice as hard to make sure service members and their families receive their holiday packages.

Postal Marines provide morale boost with mail call

For service members not going home during the holidays, the Christmas spirit can often be low and this cheerful time of year can feel like "just another month." In today’s technological world, a phone call home or an e-mail to a loved one can sometimes fill the void of being away during the holidays, but not quite as much as seeing your name on a package or a letter.

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Students with the Twentynine Palms High School Select Choir sing Christmas carols during a performance at the Marine Corps Exchange Dec. 7, 2013. - Students with the Twentynine Palms High School Select Choir sing Christmas carols during a performance at the Marine Corps Exchange Dec. 7, 2013.

Combat Center brings holiday indoors

Marines, sailors and their families gathered at Del Valle Field for a chance to talk to Santa Claus and get some goodies during the annual Winter Festival, sponsored by Marine Corps Community Services and the United Service Organizations, Dec. 7, 2013.

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