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
6th ESB puts engineering skills to the test at exercise Red Dagger
Lance Cpl. Robert L Herpel (right), a combat engineer with Company C, 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, and Pvt. Antonio Comparetto (left), a sapper with 131 Commando Squadron Royal Engineers, British army, unwind barbed wire to build a defensive obstacle during exercise Red Dagger at Fort Indiantown Gap, Penn., June 13, 2016. Combat engineers enhance a force’s momentum by physically shaping the battle space to enhance a unit’s use of space and time while denying the enemy unencumbered movement. Exercise Red Dagger is a bilateral training exercise that gives Marines an opportunity to exchange tactics, techniques and procedures as well as build working relationships with their British counterparts. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ian Leones/Released)