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
Reserve Marines conduct advanced CBRN training
Lance Cpl. Nicholas J. Roach, chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense specialist with CBRN platoon, Combat Logistics Regiment 4, 4th Marine Logistics Group, calibrates his detectors before conducting CBRN training at Camp Shelby, Miss., Nov. 17, 2015 as part of a week-long Advanced Consequence Management course. Multiple detectors are used by the CBRN defense specialists that detect everything from subtle changes in the environment to the presence of weapons of mass-destruction. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ian Leones/Released)