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
U.S. and Korean Marines share valuable training at Peninsula Express 15
Cpl. Lucas G. Hubanks (right) with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment shows Cpl. Sang Kyung Park, a machine gunner with 6th Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Regiment, ROK Marines, how to sight in with the M240B machine gun during Peninsula Express 15-8 in Pohang, Republic of Korea, July 4, 2015. Peninsula Express is the eighth iteration this year of the Korean-Marine Exchange Program and the first time Marine Forces Reserve has participated in the series of exercises between the U.S. and Republic of Korea Marine Corps designed to build interoperability and tactical familiarity between partner nations.