Keywords: military indoor ST. MARY'S, Alaska -- A local schoolboy collapses in exhaustion after unwisely challenging Tech. Sgt. N. Alicia Halla, a public affairs specialist with the Alaska Air National Guard's 176th Wing, to a pushups contest at the Elicarvicuar Elementary School here Dec. 5, 2015. Halla was one of a group of about 50 military members and volunteers traveled here as part of Operation Santa Claus, an Alaska National Guard program to collect toys, school supplies and food staples and deliver them to school children in Alaska's remote communities. This mission was the second and final Op Santa mission of 2015. St. Mary's was the site of the original Operation Santa Claus in 1957. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Capt. John Callahan/ Released) ST. MARY'S, Alaska -- A local schoolboy collapses in exhaustion after unwisely challenging Tech. Sgt. N. Alicia Halla, a public affairs specialist with the Alaska Air National Guard's 176th Wing, to a pushups contest at the Elicarvicuar Elementary School here Dec. 5, 2015. Halla was one of a group of about 50 military members and volunteers traveled here as part of Operation Santa Claus, an Alaska National Guard program to collect toys, school supplies and food staples and deliver them to school children in Alaska's remote communities. This mission was the second and final Op Santa mission of 2015. St. Mary's was the site of the original Operation Santa Claus in 1957. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Capt. John Callahan/ Released) |