Weatherford, Texas, native Spc. Brian P. Hamilton, a chaplain's assistant currently serving in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division (Advise and Assist Brigade) from Fort Bragg, N.C., squats behind his computer that is propped up on a chair as he waits for the cue from the chaplain to start the slideshow for the troops Dec. 5. The troops based here were celebrating the holiday season by having a palm tree lighting ceremony.