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Children and volunteers with Mañelu take a group photo with Airmen assigned to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during a tour where they learned about Operation Christmas Drop at Andersen AFB, Nov. 30, 2021. Members from the 36th Wing Staff Agencies hosted a tour for members with Mañelu, a Guam nonprofit organization that provides mentoring and empowering programs for youth and families, to teach them about Operation Christmas Drop. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Aubree Owens)

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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Blake Compton, an air transportation technician with the 734th Air Mobility Squadron, introduces children and volunteers with Mañelu to members from the 734 AMS during a tour at Andersen Air force Base, Guam, Nov. 30, 2021. Members from the 36th Wing Staff Agencies hosted a tour for members with Mañelu, a Guam nonprofit organization that provides mentoring and empowering programs for youth and families, to teach them about Operation Christmas Drop. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Aubree Owens)

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Children and volunteers with Mañelu receive a tour on the flight line, escorted by Airmen assigned to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, to learn about Operation Christmas Drop at Andersen AFB, Nov. 30, 2021. Operation Christmas Drop is an annual U.S. Air Force tradition of packaging and delivering food, tools and clothing to more than 55 remote islands in the South-Eastern Pacific, including the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Aubree Owens)

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Children and volunteers with Mañelu stand on a Tunner 60K Aircraft Cargo Loader/Transporter, operated by U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Sierra Ojeda, an air transportation technician with the 734th Air Mobility Squadron, during a tour at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Nov. 30, 2021. Members from the 36th Wing Staff Agencies hosted a tour for members with Mañelu, a Guam nonprofit organization that provides mentoring and empowering programs for youth and families, to teach them about Operation Christmas Drop. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Aubree Owens)

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U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Malik Lawrence, an air transportation technician with the 734th Air Mobility Squadron, demonstrates to a child with Mañelu how to operate a stair case truck used to on-load and off-load passengers during a tour at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Nov. 30, 2021. Members from the 36th Wing Staff Agencies hosted a tour for members with Mañelu, a Guam nonprofit organization that provides mentoring and empowering programs for youth and families, to teach them about Operation Christmas Drop. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Aubree Owens)

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Children and volunteers with Mañelu arrive outside Hangar 4 escorted by Airmen assigned to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during a tour at Andersen AFB, Nov. 30, 2021. Members from the 36th Wing Staff Agencies hosted a tour for members with Mañelu, a Guam nonprofit organization that provides mentoring and empowering programs for youth and families, to teach them about Operation Christmas Drop. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Aubree Owens)

Inspiring the youth of Guam; Mañelu tour of Operation Christmas

Published Dec. 2, 2021
By SrA Aubree Owens
36 WG/PA

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam --

Members from the 36th Wing Staff Agencies hosted a tour for members with Mañelu, a Guam nonprofit organization that provides mentoring and empowering programs for youth and families, to teach them about Operation Christmas Drop