U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Leonard F. Anderson IV, commander of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces South, poses for a family photo during a Toys for Tots event at the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club in New Orleans, Dec. 20, 2025. The Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club, New Orleans’ largest predominantly African American Carnival organization, hosted a Toys for Tots event open to the local community of New Orleans, where attendees received gifts provided by the Marine Corps and fellow members of the community. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Claire Cheney)
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Matthew Mckeon discusses his life as a teacher and as a Marine in the Selected Marine Corps Reserve in Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 4-11, 2025. McKeon is a rifle squad leader with 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve. (U.S. Marine Corps video by 1st Lt. Sean Cloherty, Staff Sgt. Scott Jenkins, Cpl. Kanoa Thomas and Cpl. Isaiah W. Smith)
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BARROW, Alaska — U.S. Marines with Detachment Delta Company, 4th Law Enforcement Battalion, Force Headquarters Group, Marine Forces Reserve, delivered nearly 14,000 pounds of toys to remote communities across Alaska in support of Toys for Tots as part of Operation Polar Knight, an annual holiday community relations mission conducted in Arctic conditions.
BARROW, Alaska — Long before the first aircraft lifts off for Alaska’s North Slope or a snow machine cut across the tundra, Cpl. Steven James Manning is already deep into the work of Toys for Tots. For Manning, the mission is not defined by a single delivery or a few days in the Arctic, but by months of planning that culminate during Operation Polar Knight, an annual community relations mission conducted across some of the most remote...
BARROW, Alaska — U.S. Marines with Detachment Delta Company, 4th Law Enforcement Battalion, Force Headquarters Group, Marine Forces Reserve, supported Toys for Tots operations in Alaska by planning, coordinating and executing toy deliveries to remote Arctic communities during the holiday season.
