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
Marines ice fish with Alaskan natives
Cpl. Tyler Henscheid, a combat engineer with 4th Medical Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, ice fishes in the middle of Kotzebue Sound, April 17. Henscheid, a native of Westphalia, Iowa, and 11 other service members participating in Innovative Readiness Training Arctic Care 2013 spent nearly two hours trying to catch sea fish but came up empty-handed.