Sharing Thanksgiving While Away From Home: The seaman recruit and the 8-year-old were locked in a fierce game of Battleship when the kid's father offered a little advice. "You should pay attention to his strategy," Tom McCollum told his son Benjamin. "He's government trained." The McCollums were one of more than 200 local families who welcomed young away-from-home service people to their Thanksgiving tables yesterday as part of the Armed Services YMCA program. In its 59th year, the program attracted nearly double the number of families as last year. About 1,400 Marines from Camp Pendleton's infantry school and 70 sailors were matched with families.