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
2nd Battalion, 24th Marines combine arms for live-fire training with Air National Guard
Camp Atterbury, Ind. - Lance Cpl’s. Andrew Hack (Left) and Cory Fedorky fire an M2 Heavy Barrel .50 caliber machine gun during a 25-meter sighting-range target shoot, as part of their Reserve forces drill period training, March 15, 2014, at a firing range on Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Center. Hack and Fedorky are machine gunners with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division. (Marine Corps photo by Cpl. J. Gage Karwick/released)