MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. – Team Minot volunteers collect cookie donations annually to be distributed to Minot Airmen living in the dormitories. Thousands of cookies were collected in three different locations. After cookies are gathered and divided into bags, Minot first sergeants pass the cookies out to the dormitory Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ashley N. Avecilla)
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. – Hundreds of paper bags decorated by Team Minot children wait to be filled with Christmas cookies here, Dec. 8. Thousands of cookies were collected in three different locations. After cookies are gathered and divided into bags, Minot first sergeants pass the cookies out to the dormitory Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ashley N. Avecilla)
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. – Michelle VanBemmelen, spouse of Col. Troy VanBemmelen, 5th Operations Group commander, separate donated Christmas cookies into decorated bags here, Dec 8. Thousands of cookies were collected in three different locations. After cookies are gathered and divided into bags, Minot first sergeants pass the cookies out to the dormitory Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ashley N. Avecilla)
111209-F-BH761-035MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- Master Sgt. Patrick Lund, 5th Force Support Squadron first sergeant, delivers donated Christmas cookies to Minot Airmen currently living in the dormitories here, Dec. 9. The Airman Cookie Drive is an annual event which helps boost the morale of young Airmen far from home during the holidays. This year cookies were gathered from on and off base. After cookies are gathered and divided into bags, Minot first sergeants pass the cookies out to the dormitory Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ashley N. Avecilla)
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. – Master Sgt. David West (left), 5th Communication Squadron chief of quality assurance and training, and Master Sgt. Patrick Lund, 5th Force Support Squadron first sergeant, deliver donated Christmas cookies to Minot Airmen currently living in the dormitories here, Dec. 9. The Airman Cookie Drive is an annual event which helps boost the morale of young Airmen far from home during the holidays. This year cookies were gathered from on and off base. After cookies are gathered and divided into bags, Minot first sergeants pass the cookies out to the dormitory Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ashley N. Avecilla)
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. – First sergeants deliver donated Christmas cookies to Minot Airmen currently living in the dormitories here, Dec. 9. The Airman Cookie Drive is an annual event which helps boost the morale of young Airmen far from home during the holidays. This year, cookies were gathered from on and off base. After cookies are gathered and divided into bags, Minot first sergeants pass the cookies out to the dormitory Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ashley N. Avecilla)