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 bring the mettle in Exercise Heavy Metal 2014
Marines with 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, conduct an assault on a simulated enemy town Aug. 17, 2014, aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., during exercise Heavy Metal 14. During the assault, infantrymen moved from house-to-house, clearing them of all simulated enemy forces. Simultaneously, tanks and armored vehicles moved alongside them through the streets during the combined arms attack