Marines


Operation Allies Welcome

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Fort Pickett, Va.

ABOUT 

The Department of Defense, through U.S. Northern Command, and in support of the Department of Homeland Security, is providing transportation, temporary housing, medical screening, and general support for at least 50,000 Afghan evacuees at suitable facilities, in permanent or temporary structures, as quickly as possible. This initiative provides Afghan personnel essential support at secure locations outside Afghanistan

 

PHOTO GALLERY
Marine takes charge, earns Silver Star
MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT, SAN DIEGO-- Sgt. Miguelange G. Madrigal, a radio chief with Supporting Arms Liaison Team G, 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, reports to Lt. Gen. Steven A. Hummer, commander of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North, before being awarded a Silver Star Medal aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, Jan. 31, 2013. The ceremony took place in front of a building named after Madrigal’s senior drill instructor, Staff Sgt. Allan K. Walker, who was killed in action in Ramadi, Iraq in 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Marcin Platek/Released),