Thanksgiving in Iraq and Afghanistan

U.S. Army Sgt. Jason Gerber, 33, from Berlin, Pa., a cook with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, carries cooked turkeys for carving in preparation for Thanksgiving at a combat outpost in Baqouba, Iraq on Thursday.  (Maya Alleruzzo / Associated Press)

U.S. Army Cpl. Alexander Lewis, 21, from Las Vegas, Nev. , foreground, and Spc. Ryan Karandzieff, 24, from St. Louis, Mo. with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, eat Thanksgiving dinner at a combat outpost in Baqouba, , Iraq.   (Maya Alleruzzo / Associated Press)

U.S. Army soldiers from 1-506 Infantry Division play football on Thanksgiving at their forward operating base in Paktika province along the Afghan-Pakistan border.  (David Furst / AFP/Getty Images)

U.S. Army soldiers from 1-506 Infantry Division enjoy a Thanksgiving meal at their forward operating base in Paktika province along the Afghan-Pakistan border on Thursday.  (David Furst / AFP/Getty Images)

A U.S. Army chaplain prays before a special Thanksgiving meal is served for troops in the dining hall at the US military forward operating base Camp Salerno on Thursday in the south eastern province of Khowst, Afghanistan.  (Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

U.S. Army senior officers serve up the food to military personnel in the dining hall to celebrate Thanksgiving Day at Camp Salerno in the south eastern province of Khowst, Afghanistan.   (Paula Bronstein / Getty Images)

U.S. soldiers celebrate Thanksgiving Day at a base in Manas, Kyrgyzstan. Kyrgyzstan is a major stop-off point for U.S. operations into Afghanistan.   (Vyacheslav Oseledko AFP/Getty Images)