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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Aviation maintenance data specialist hopes to one day help heal mentally wounded veterans as a social worker
Lance Cpl. Danielle E. Howell, an aviation maintenance data specialist with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 773, listens intently as Staff Sgt. Fernando Gallardo, staff noncommissioned officer in charge of the maintenance administration division, HMLA-773, provides instruction on how to log engine maintenance records here, June 14, 2014. Howell hopes to one day help heal mentally wounded veterans as a social worker for the Navy and Marine Corps.