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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

 

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Partner Nations Train During Platinum Wolf 16
Gunnery Sgt. Kevin Vander Wiede, an accident investigation chief with Detachment 2, Headquarters Company, 4th Law Enforcement Battalion, gives a class on the components of an improvised explosive device to the Reserve Marines of 4th LE Bn., Force Headquarters Group, Marine Forces Reserve, during exercise Platinum Wolf 2016 at the Peacekeeping Training Operations Center South Base in Bujanovac, Serbia, May 10, 2016. The Marines joined six other partner nations including Bosnia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Montenegro, Slovenia and Serbia to conduct peacekeeping operations and non-lethal weapons training over the course of two weeks. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Sara Graham)