Marines


Operation Allies Welcome

Marine Forces Reserve Logo
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
4th Force Reconnaissance Marines exchange skills with Colombian Marines
Marines with 4th Force Reconnaissance Company, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, teach a class on camouflaging and ghillie suits before the students apply these principles in a clandestine movement and stalking lane during a training exercise at Tumaco, Colombia. Marines from 4th Force Reconnaissance Co. participated in a two-week mobile training team deployment to exchange skills with new Colombian Reconnaissance Marines May 29 – June 12, 2016. Augmenting the active component to fill a needed role in an ongoing mission with a partner nation is one of the ways Marine Forces Reserve remains ready to respond to any contingency the nation might face. (Photo courtesy of 4th Force Reconnaissance Company)

Download Image: Full Size (0.16 MB)
Photo by: Courtesy photo |  VIRIN: 160719-M-ZZ999-001.JPG