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Marines


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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Following a path of success

Retired Lance Cpl. Alex R. Arteaga, a former MV-22 Osprey mechanic with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263, and Lance Cpl. Torffic Hassan, a Reserve Marine with 6th Communications Battalion, take the Naturalization Oath of Allegiance March 22, 2013, during a Naturalization Ceremony at the Federal Hall National Memorial. Arteaga came to the United States from the Republic of Ecuador in 2005 and Hassan immigrated in 2009 from the Republic of Ghana, West Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Juan D. Alfonso)

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