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Deployed Service Members Celebrate Christmas Eve on Kandahar Airfield

By Maj. Thomas CieslakDecember 24, 2019

Deployed Service Members Celebrate Christmas Eve on Kandahar Airfield
1 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S service members deployed to Afghanistan celebrated Christmas with a candlelight service at Fraise Chapel on Kandahar Airfield late Wednesday, December 24, 2019.

The service, led by Air Force Chaplain Maj. Christopher Watson, gave deployed se... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army)
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Deployed Service Members Celebrate Christmas Eve on Kandahar Airfield
2 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S service members deployed to Afghanistan celebrated Christmas with a candlelight service at Fraise Chapel on Kandahar Airfield late Wednesday, December 24, 2019.

The service, led by Air Force Chaplain Maj. Christopher Watson, gave deployed se... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army)
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Deployed Service Members Celebrate Christmas Eve on Kandahar Airfield
3 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S service members deployed to Afghanistan celebrated Christmas with a candlelight service at Fraise Chapel on Kandahar Airfield late Wednesday, December 24, 2019.

The service, led by Air Force Chaplain Maj. Christopher Watson, gave deployed se... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army)
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Deployed Service Members Celebrate Christmas Eve on Kandahar Airfield
4 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Air Force Chaplain Maj. Christopher Watson holds a candle during a Christmas Eve Candlelight Service on Kandahar Airfield late Wednesday, December 24, 2019.

The service, led Watson, gave deployed service members an opportunity to fellowship and c... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army)
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Deployed Service Members Celebrate Christmas Eve on Kandahar Airfield
5 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S service members deployed to Afghanistan celebrated Christmas with a candlelight service at Fraise Chapel on Kandahar Airfield late Wednesday, December 24, 2019.

The service, led by Air Force Chaplain Maj. Christopher Watson, gave deployed se... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army)
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Deployed Service Members Celebrate Christmas Eve on Kandahar Airfield
6 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S service members deployed to Afghanistan celebrated Christmas with a candlelight service at Fraise Chapel on Kandahar Airfield late Wednesday, December 24, 2019.

The service, led by Air Force Chaplain Maj. Christopher Watson, gave deployed se... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army)
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Deployed Service Members Celebrate Christmas Eve on Kandahar Airfield
7 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S service members deployed to Afghanistan celebrated Christmas with a candlelight service at Fraise Chapel on Kandahar Airfield late Wednesday, December 24, 2019.

The service, led by Air Force Chaplain Maj. Christopher Watson, gave deployed se... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army)
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Deployed Service Members Celebrate Christmas Eve on Kandahar Airfield
8 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S service members deployed to Afghanistan celebrated Christmas with a candlelight service at Fraise Chapel on Kandahar Airfield late Wednesday, December 24, 2019.

The service, led by Air Force Chaplain Maj. Christopher Watson, gave deployed se... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army)
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Deployed Service Members Celebrate Christmas Eve on Kandahar Airfield
9 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S service members deployed to Afghanistan celebrated Christmas with a candlelight service at Fraise Chapel on Kandahar Airfield late Wednesday, December 24, 2019.

The service, led by Air Force Chaplain Maj. Christopher Watson, gave deployed se... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army)
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U.S service members deployed to Afghanistan celebrated Christmas with a candlelight service at Fraise Chapel on Kandahar Airfield late Wednesday, December 24, 2019. The service, led by Air Force Chaplain Maj. Christopher Watson, gave deployed service members an opportunity to fellowship and celebrate the holiday with their brothers and sisters in arms.