Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago
Operation Christmas Drop is the Department of Defense’s longest-running humanitarian airlift operation. The tradition began during the Christmas season in 1952 when a B-29 Superfortress aircrew saw islanders waving at them from the island of Kapingamarangi, 3,500 miles southwest of Hawaii. In the spirit of Christmas, the aircrew dropped a bundle of supplies attached to a parachute to the islanders below, giving the operation its name.
Over the decades, the operation expanded to include multiple military branches, federal agencies, humanitarian organizations, and volunteers, including those from the USCG!
This year’s Operation Christmas Drop reached over 42,000 islanders on 60 islands with 220 boxes!
Read more on U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia's Facebook Page.
#USCG #OperationChristmasDrop
Operation Christmas Drop is the Department of Defense’s longest-running humanitarian airlift operation. The tradition began during the Christmas season in 1952 when a B-29 Superfortress aircrew saw islanders waving at them from the island of Kapingamarangi, 3,500 miles southwest of Hawaii. In the spirit of Christmas, the aircrew dropped a bundle of supplies attached to a parachute to the islanders below, giving the operation its name.
Over the decades, the operation expanded to include multiple military branches, federal agencies, humanitarian organizations, and volunteers, including those from the USCG!
This year’s Operation Christmas Drop reached over 42,000 islanders on 60 islands with 220 boxes!
Read more on U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia's Facebook Page.
#USCG #OperationChristmasDrop
