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Polar Bear Plunge

Participants endure a brisk run in the waters of Weekly Bayou during Eglin’s annual Polar Bear Plunge at Post’l Point, Jan. 9. Approximately 50 people braved frigid morning temperatures to rush into the 57 degree water. According to local weather reports, it was 32 degrees with a 27 degree wind chill factor. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ilka Cole)

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Polar Bear Plunge

Participants race into the nippy waters of Weekly Bayou during Eglin’s annual Polar Bear Plunge event at Post’l Point, Jan. 9. Approximately 50 people braved frigid morning temperatures to rush into the 57 degree water. According to local weather reports, it was 32 degrees with a 27 degree wind chill factor. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ilka Cole)

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Polar Bear Plunge

A group of participants huddle together at the starting line of Eglin’s annual Polar Bear Plunge at Post’l Point, Jan. 9. Approximately 50 people braved frigid morning temperatures to rush into the 57 degree water. According to local weather reports, it was 32 degrees with a 27 degree wind chill factor. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ilka Cole)

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Polar Bear Plunge

The sun peaks through the tree line at Post’l Point before the start of Eglin’s annual Polar Bear Plunge, Jan. 9. Approximately 50 people braved frigid morning temperatures to rush into the 57 degree water. According to local weather reports, it was 32 degrees with a 27 degree wind chill factor. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ilka Cole)

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Annual tree lighting ceremony

Corbyn and Emily Schuler present their wish list to Santa during Eglin’s traditional Christmas tree lighting ceremony at the West Gate Chapel Dec. 5. Capt. Micah Baker, chaplain, led the festivities with a moment of prayer. During the base event, the winner of the base life-sized card decoration contest was announced. Brig. Gen. David Harris, 96th Test Wing commander also addressed the crowd with messages of peace and goodwill before lighting the tree. The chapel sponsored a reception with entertainment and refreshments after Santa Claus arrived by fire truck. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ilka Cole)

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Annual tree lighting ceremony

Donned in Santa hats, children from the Chapel’s Camp Kids Choir, led by Audrey Bonnano and accompanied by Marilyn Anderson on the keyboard, sang Christmas carols during the Eglin’s traditional tree lighting ceremony at the West Gate Chapel Dec. 5. Chaplain, Capt. Micah Baker, led the festivities with a moment of prayer. During the base event, the winner of the base life-sized card decoration contest was announced. Brig. Gen. David Harris, 96th Test Wing commander also addressed the crowd with messages of peace and goodwill before lighting the tree. The chapel sponsored a reception with entertainment and refreshments after Santa Claus arrived by fire truck. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ilka Cole)

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11th annual toy drive

A parent looks over toys during the 11th annual toy distribution at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Dec. 5. Approximately 2,000 toys were collected by donations made throughout the year. Toys, bikes, books, games, crafts, sports equipment and stuffed animals were given to active-military families in need of assistance during the holidays. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ilka Cole)

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11th annual toy drive

Eglin families begin their holiday shopping with the help of the Airman’s Attic and Eglin’s First Sergeants Council during the 11th annual toy distribution at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Dec. 5. Approximately 2,000 toys were collected by donations made throughout the year. Toys, bikes, books, games, crafts, sports equipment and stuffed animals were given to active-military families in need of assistance during the holidays. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ilka Cole)

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11th annual toy drive

Staff Sgt. Erica Veras decides what book to bring home to her family during the 11th annual toy distribution at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Dec. 5. Approximately 2,000 toys were collected by donations made throughout the year. Toys, bikes, books, games, crafts, sports equipment and stuffed animals were given to active-military families in need of assistance during the holidays. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ilka Cole)

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11th annual toy drive

Volunteers package toys for families during the 11th annual toy distribution at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Dec. 5. Approximately 2,000 toys were collected by donations made throughout the year. Toys, bikes, books, games, crafts, sports equipment and stuffed animals were passed out to active-military families in need of assistance during the holidays. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ilka Cole)

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Gas-n-go

F-35 Lightning II variants fill the 33rd Fighter Wing’s hot pit refueling area on Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. All of the F-35 variants use the refueling areas in conjunction with the 96th Logistics Readiness Squadron’s fuels flight. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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Pet Welfare Center adds ward, MSG support

Judy Novak, a Pet Welfare Center volunteer, shares a playful moment with Muse inside the center’s new cat isolation ward. The ward was added in October and will keep ill cats awaiting fostering or adoption away from healthy cats, while they’re being treated. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kevin Gaddie)

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Pet Welfare Center adds ward, MSG support

Senior Airman Mike Rodcay, of the 68th Electronic Warfare Squadron, stops by the Pet Welfare Center to adopt Baxter, a terrier mix. The center places nearly 300 abandoned, stray and homeless cats and dogs every year. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kevin Gaddie)

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Pet Welfare Center adds ward, MSG support

Col. Robert Charlesworth, 96th Mission Support Group commander, pets a cat during a tour of the Pet Welfare Center Nov. 19 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The center added a cat isolation ward in October to keep ill cats awaiting fostering or adoption away from healthy cats, while they’re bring treated. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kevin Gaddie)

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Holiday Traffic Safety Campaign

Airman 1st Class Andrew McWilliams, of the 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, is placed on a spinal board for transportation to a hospital by Greg McCarty, a Florida Stay Alive From Education instructor, as part of a car accident victim demonstration during the “Street Smart” program at the Holiday Traffic Safety Campaign Nov. 13. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kevin Gaddie)

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Holiday Traffic Safety Campaign

Brig. Gen. David Harris, 96th Test Wing commander, asks Airmen and civilians to be safe and make smart decisions during the “Street Smart” program at the Holiday Traffic Safety Campaign Nov. 13. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kevin Gaddie)

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Vets Day celebration

Kids react to a baby alligator held by Sgt. 1st Class Travis Ellis, 6th Ranger Training Battalion, during a Veteran’s Day celebration held at Riverside Elementary in Crestview, Fla., Nov. 10. Airmen from explosive ordnance disposal, life support, honor guard and 6th RTB Soldiers were on hand to interact with the children in this first-ever school event. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jasmin Taylor)

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Vets Day celebration

Scott Hice, a retired veteran, speaks to the children of Riverside Elementary during a Veteran’s Day celebration held at the school in Crestview, Fla., Nov. 10. Local veterans, Airmen from explosive ordnance disposal, life support, honor guard and 6th RTB Soldiers were on hand to interact with the children in this first-ever school event. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jasmin Taylor)

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Vets Day celebration

Veterans talk to children from Riverside Elementary about a World War II jeep during a Veteran’s Day celebration held at the school in Crestview, Fla., Nov. 10. Local veterans, Airmen from explosive ordnance disposal, life support, honor guard and 6th RTB Soldiers were on hand to interact with the children in this first-ever school event. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jasmin Taylor)

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Vets Day celebration

An Eglin Air Force Base honor guard Airman presents the colors during a Veteran’s Day celebration held at Riverside Elementary in Crestview, Fla., Nov. 10. Airmen from explosive ordnance disposal, life support, honor guard and 6th Ranger Training Battalion Soldiers were on hand to interact with the children in this first-ever school event. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jasmin Taylor)

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