Families adopt a Marine for the Thanksgiving Holiday - U.S. Marines with Lima Company, Marine Combat Training Battalion, School of Infantry-West, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, enjoy a Thanksgiving dinner with the Frackelton family in Villa Park, California, Nov. 28, 2019. Many families open up their homes for the Marines of SOI to celebrate Thanksgiving through the Home Hospitality Adopt-a-Marine Program. The Home Hospitality Adopt-a-Marine for Thanksgiving Program was created several years ago by the Armed Services Young Men’s Christian Association. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Cortez)

Giving more than just "Thanks" - U.S. Marines stationed at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton who are unable to be with their own families on Thanksgiving are hosted by a local family as a part of the Home Hospitality Event in Coto De Caza, California, Nov. 22, 2018. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kerstin Roberts)