Community members watch as the Annual Tree Lighting ceremony commences in Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 3. Every year, local community members and service members and their families gather to watch the tree lighting inspired by the beginning of the Christmas season. (Official Marine Corps Photo By Lance Cpl. Kasey Peacock/Released) - Community members watch as the Annual Tree Lighting ceremony commences in Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 3. Every year, local community members and service members and their families gather to watch the tree lighting inspired by the beginning of the Christmas season. (Official Marine Corps Photo By Lance Cpl. Kasey Peacock/Released)
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.
Cpl. Dillon Erickson, field radio operator, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 1, is reunited with his girlfriend, Gail Bolander, during the squadron's homecoming at the VMU-1 hangar Nov. 22, 2013. - Cpl. Dillon Erickson, field radio operator, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 1, is reunited with his girlfriend, Gail Bolander, during the squadron's homecoming at the VMU-1 hangar Nov. 22, 2013.