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Marine Corps Reserve Sgt. Jorge Negron, left, a ground radio repair specialist, and Cpl. Marc Carlo, a motor transportation mechanic, transfer the day’s first truck full of Toys for Tots toy donations to a 7-ton truck in New York City’s Times Square, Dec. 18, 2012. Negron and Carlo are both assigned to the 6th Communications Battalion. Since 1947, Marines have collected and distributed more than 452 million toys to more than 209 million needy children across the country. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Juan Alfonso

With the holiday season in full swing, Reserve Marines with 6th Communications Battalion took to New York City’s Times Square to collect toys for children in need.
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President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, offer holiday greetings to U.S. service members around the world.
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A section of Arlington National Cemetery, Va., shows a fraction of the 110,000 wreaths placed at the graves of fallen service members during Wreaths Across America, Dec. 15, 2012. DOD photo by EJ Hersom

I ventured out this weekend with my daughter in tow for the annual Wreaths Across America program at Arlington National Cemetery and was immediately struck by what this meant to my daughter.
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The Holiday season is in full swing. Along with the festivities, this can be an especially trying time of the year for military families separated by deployment.
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Don’t forget to ship all of your items on time so they reached your loved ones.
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