FORT DIX, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) - President Barack Obama is observing the end of combat operations in Afghanistan by visiting U.S. troops at a New Jersey military base that has been a launching point for deployments and the scene of emotional returns for many service members.
Obama will go to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst on Monday to thank the troops and their families for their service and sacrifice ahead of the holidays.
The military base in Burlington County is the nation's only one tri-service joint base. It is home to more than 38,000 active-duty, reserve and guard service members, civilians and family members.
The base has also been used to send service members to West Africa to help confront the Ebola crisis.
U.S. and NATO troops closed their operational command in Afghanistan last week after 13 years of war. Some troops will remain, however, to carry out operations against Taliban and al Qaeda targets.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's office said Sunday that he will greet the president and attend his speech.
Christie has frequently criticized Obama's leadership as he considers a run for president in 2016, but his warm embrace of the president in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy remains a sore point for many Republican voters.
Obama canceled a trip to the state in October because of the Ebola outbreak.
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