Turkey for the Troops

Sixty years of Thanksgivings for American soldiers abroad.

BY KEVIN BARON, J. DANA STUSTER | NOVEMBER 21, 2012

The military's Defense Logistics Agency begins preparations for the Thanksgiving meal six months in advance. Planning is important when soldiers will be inaccessible on the holiday itself. Here, turkey is served in flight aboard an Air Force KC-10 Extender aircraft during a long refueling mission on Nov. 25, 2010.
SSgt Andy Kin/DVIDS

 

Kevin Baron is a national security reporter and J. Dana Stuster is a researcher for Foreign Policy.