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
Volunteers help revitalize the New Orleans Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8973
Cpl. Michael Davis, a Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense Clerk with Marine Aircraft Group 49, 4th Marine Air Wing, removes nails from the Veterans of Wars Post 8973, June 4, 2014. Davis and fellow volunteers from Marine Force Reserve, Naval Air Station-Joint Reserve Base Belle Chasse and the community came to together to participate in reconstruction of the post. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Sara Graham)