JBA celebrates Earth Week

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Joint Base Andrews leadership participate in a tree planting ceremony near the base dormitories at Joint Base Andrews, Md., April 21, 2022. Joint Base Andrews has held a tree planting event for 37 consecutive years. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Matthew-John Braman)

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Joint Base Andrews leadership participate in a tree planting ceremony near the base dormitories at Joint Base Andrews, Md., April 21, 2022. Joint Base Andrews has held a tree planting event for 37 consecutive years. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Matthew-John Braman)

Airmen from the 316th Logistics Readiness Squadron participate in a base-wide trash clean up at Joint Base Andrews, Md., April 20, 2022. Units across the installation picked up trash during Earth Week to care for and protect the environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Matthew-John Braman)

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Airmen from the 316th Logistics Readiness Squadron participate in a base-wide trash clean up at Joint Base Andrews, Md., April 20, 2022. Units across the installation picked up trash during Earth Week to care for and protect the environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Matthew-John Braman)

Joint Base Andrews offers the opportunity for the base community to bring recycled goods to dispose of at Joint Base Andrews, Md., April 19, 2022. The event was organized to encourage the base to recycle used goods such as electronics, cardboard and plastic. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Matthew-John Braman)

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Joint Base Andrews offers the opportunity for the base community to bring recycled goods to dispose of at Joint Base Andrews, Md., April 19, 2022. The event was organized to encourage the base to recycle used goods such as electronics, cardboard and plastic. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Matthew-John Braman)

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. –

Joint Base Andrews celebrated “Earth Week” this year with multiple events across the installation, April 22, 2022.

In recognition of Earth Day and Arbor Day, the Joint Base Andrews community came together for a base recycling function where JBA community members had the opportunity to bring in recyclable items, a cleanup to encourage units to walk around the base and collect garbage, and a tree planting ceremony where leadership planted white oak and red-bud trees near the base dormitories.

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