Thirteen-year-old Alexis MacDonald writes a message to her uncle during Operation Love Letters. Operation Love Letters is an annual patriotic celebration of love which takes place every February. Friends and family of fallen Soldiers gather to pay tribute to them. Survivor Outreach Services at the Army Reserve's 99th Regional Support Command, headquartered at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., hosted Operation Love Letters Feb. 13 in the Maj. John P. Pryor Army Reserve Center.