A couple's first Christmas Published Dec. 26, 2002 OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM (AFPN) -- Airmen 1st Class Christopher and Heather Otis exchange gifts Christmas morning at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. This is their first Christmas as husband and wife. Both are crew chiefs deployed to the 379th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron from McGuire Air Force Base, N.J. (Photo by Master Sgt. John E. Lasky)