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Operation Allies Welcome

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Fort Pickett, Va.

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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

 

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Marines ice fish with Alaskan natives
Cpl. Juarez Ordoniez, a ground communications organizational repairer with 4th Medical Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, sits in his snowy foxhole and ice fishes in the outskirts of Kotzebue, Alaska, April 17. Ordoniez, a native of Victorville, Calif., and a handful of other service members participating in Innovative Readiness Training Arctic Care 2013 were invited by the locals to ice fish. On his first try fishing, April 11, Ordoniez caught one sea fish, but this time he came out empty-handed.