God Bless our Troops in Kabul and other "hot spots" who have to celebrate Christmas with their guns by their sides and in readiness alert...
U.S. soldiers stationed on a rooftop dress for Christmas at Bagram Air Base near Kabul, December 25, 2002. U.S. soldiers serving in Afghanistan (news - web sites) celebrated the birth of Christ with prayers and hymns and Christmas dinner. (Ahmad Masood/Reuters)
And in Kosovo
The silhouette of a soldier is projected onto a U.S. flag behind a church shaped cake, a Christmas decoration, at the military restaurant of Camp Bondsteel, southern Kosovo, December 25, 2002. REUTERS/ Hazir Reka