the oakland navy league, which hosted the bar-b-que for the sailors that toasty. the blue and gold fleet, which offered free passage on uniform. lorenzo at metro cruises, and particularly captain carl lorton, liaison on the 11 or 12 ships that came in. a thank-you to all of them for that stuff. we have a number of members of the san francisco fleet week association. if you will stand for a moment, i would be so honored. [applause] the fleet week association is a volunteer organization that works around-the-clock, probably for 90 days out of every year. each year, they get bigger and bigger ideas than they can execute. particularly, i would like to draw attention to general quiet making -- general why it making fleet week some memorable -- wyat making fleet week so memorable. ensuring that all of us who are responsible for disaster response and humanitarian aid, we will be able to come together under more comfortable circumstances, getting to know each other. for example, this year's seminar was really inspired by the governor of mississippi, as well as the naval c

oakland came in ninth. chicago o'hare came in first. >>> the president called two members from each branch of the military, the army, air force, coast guard, marines and navy, the president thanked them for their service and wished them a happy thanksgiving. >>> members of the military deployed to the middle east are celebrating thanksgiving with a dinner that took on monumental proportions. jonathan moore is live with how much food is needed to feed all the troops. >> reporter: 10 years an 25 days since the first american troops arrived there. the defense department is serving more than 8,000 20 pounds turkeys. also on the menu 37,000 pounds of stuffing, 43,000 pounds of sweet potatoes, and for desert 24,560 pies. >> it's the first afghan thanksgiving? >> yes this is my first deployment. >> last? >> no, probably not. >> the united states, i can't wait to get back. i love everybody, everybody. >> reporter: soldiers at camp victory had to serve thanksgiving a few days early. the dining facility on the base closed down earlier this week as u.s. forces prepared to leave the country. and a hungry crowd also lined up for a holiday meal at camp virginia kuwait.