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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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Two Marines killed in Chattanooga shooting receive highest non-combat award

Attendees bow their heads during the invocation at a ceremony posthumously awarding the Navy and Marine Corps Medal to Gunnery Sgt. Thomas Sullivan and Staff Sgt. David Wyatt at Ross’s Landing in Chattanooga, Tenn., May 7, 2017. Sullivan and Wyatt were posthumously awarded the medal for their actions during the July 16, 2015 shooting that occurred at the Naval Reserve Center Chattanooga that left two other Marines and a sailor dead. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Niles Lee/Released)

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