Maj. Gen. Leon N. Thurgood, deputy commander of the Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan, serves up Christmas Day dinner at a dining facility on Resolute Support headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday, Dec. 25, 2017. (Chad Garland/Stars and Stripes)

Pictured here during Christmas Day dinner on Monday, Dec. 25, 2017, Santa poses with Said Ashraf, one of about 130 dining facility workers who spent weeks preparing Christmas dinner for about 1,500 troops and other personnel at Resolute Support headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Chad Garland/Stars and Stripes)

Maj. Gen. James B. Hecker, commander of the 9th Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force - Afghanistan, prepares to end his shift serving Christmas Day dinner for troops at a dining facility on Resolute Support headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday, Dec. 25, 2017. (Chad Garland/Stars and Stripes)

Commander of the 9th Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force - Afghanistan, Maj. Gen. James B. Hecker, center, in the Santa hat with antlers, and Chief Master Sgt. Lisa Arnold, the unit's command cheif master sergeant, right, in the elf hat, serve Christmas Day dinner at a dining facility on Resolute Support headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday, Dec. 25, 2017. (Chad Garland/Stars and Stripes)

Capt. Vanessa Koodray, aide-de-camp to Maj. Gen. James B. Hecker, thanks Master Sgt. Davide Bellefleur, dining facility manager at Resolute Support headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, for the delicious food and the ''entire presentation'' of Christmas Day dinner on Monday, Dec. 25, 2017. (Chad Garland/Stars and Stripes)

Pvt. Class Chris Kindon, a guardian angel with the 82nd Airborne Division, poses for a cell phone photo with Santa during Christmas Day dinner at Resolute Support headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday, Dec. 25, 2017. Kingdon, who spent Christmas in Afghanistan, was looking forward to leaving the country shortly after the holiday. (Chad Garland/Stars and Stripes)