Marines


Operation Allies Welcome

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Fort Pickett, Va.

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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 refurbish housing facility
Cpl. Joseph Dutton, from Brookline, Vermont, pries nails loose in the wooden flooring in an old military housing facility, Jan. 9, 2015, during exercise Lava Viper 15-1.2. at Kawaihae Harbor, Hawaii. The housing facility is used by various military branches as a safe house while waiting for ships to arrive with vehicles and supplies. Combat engineers with Marine Wing Support Squadron-472, Marine Aircraft Group 49, 4th Marine Air Wing has been tasked to refurbish the facility because the building is deteriorating.