First Lady Melania Trump helps a young student create a cardstock turkey during Thanksgiving craft activities at DeLalio Elementary School, a DoDEA facility at MCAS New River, Nov. 19, 2025. The engagement occurred during a joint visit by First Lady Melania Trump and Second Lady Usha Vance to Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune and Marine Corps Air Station New River, their first to the installations, focusing on support for military families and DoDEA students amid the holiday season and the importance of education in readying the next generation for technologies such as artificial intelligence. DoDEA operates as a field activity of the Office of the Secretary of War. It is responsible for planning, directing, coordinating, and managing prekindergarten through 12th-grade educational programs for the Department of War. DoDEA operates 161 accredited schools in 9 districts in 11 foreign countries, seven states, Guam, and Puerto Rico, serving over 67,000 military-connected students. DoDEA Americas operates 50 accredited schools across two districts on 16 military installations, including Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard bases in seven states, Puerto Rico and Cuba. Committed to excellence in education, DoDEA fosters well-rounded, lifelong learners, equipping them to succeed in a dynamic world. (Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks)