Alaska National Guardsmen and Operation Santa Claus volunteers join forces to transfer boxes filled with children’s gifts from a vehicle to a storage pallet at the aviation hangar in Nome, Alaska, Nov. 28, 2023. Operation Santa Claus is the AKNG’s yearly community outreach program that provides gifts and Christmas cheer to children in remote communities across the state. (Alaska National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Balinda O’Neal)