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

 

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Cake Cutting ceremony
NEW ORLEANS - Mr. Gregg Habel, Executive Director of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North, watches Lt. Col. Brian J. Hardy, Commanding Officer of Headquarters Battalion, MARFORRES, cut the Marine Corps Birthday cake, during a cake cutting ceremony aboard the Marine forces Reserve Support Facility, New Orleans, La., Nov. 8. More than 500 Marines assigned to HQBN, MARFORRES participated in the annual cake cutting ceremony. The cake cutting ceremony is a long-standing tradition in celebrating the birth date of the United States Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Lauren Whitney/Released)

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