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Special event provides military families with holiday trees
December 7, 2020 — Joint Base San Antonio hosted special events last week to help cheer military families. On three area installations, Trees for Troops was welcomed to complete the delivery of hundreds of Christmas trees, which were offered for free to San Antonio military families. ... MORE

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Kevin Yamaguchi, 149th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron 1st Sgt., helps a military spouse with a Christmas tree during the Trees for Troops event Dec. 3, 2020, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.

Trees for Troops brings Christmas to JBSA
December 12, 2019 — Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Outdoor Recreation distributed 400 live Christmas trees Dec. 6 to service members and their families as part of Trees for Troops, an annual Christmas tree giveaway program... MORE

Trees for Troops provides trees for military families
December 7, 2018 — Since 2005, Trees for Troops has collected and donated more than 176,000 trees for military families. This year, 165 trees were given out at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Dec. 7. FedEx has logged more than 653,400 miles for this charity in the United States alone. They deliver the Christmas trees to 65 military bases, either in the U.S. or overseas... MORE

Specialist Barbar Fretto, with the Army Reserve and her husband Nicholas, an Army cadet, look for tree a to celebrate their first Christmas as husband and wife during the Trees for Troops event at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, Dec. 7, 2018. Trees for Troops has impacted many families and individuals.

Trees to Troops delivers Christmas trees
December 8, 2017 — Many members of Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland community braved the rain and the cold element, waiting outside JBSA-Lackland Outdoor Recreation Dec. 7, to receive a free tree from trees to Troops... MORE

Volunteers unload Christmas trees at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland donated by the Christmas SPIRIT Foundation, FedEx and 18 tree farmers as part of the Trees for Troops program Dec. 7, 2017.