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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

Maj. Gen. Burke W. Whitman, commanding general of 4th Marine Division, talks to Lorri Wyatt, wife of Staff Sgt. David Wyatt, and other family members at Ross’s Landing in Chattanooga, Tenn., May 7, 2017. Wyatt was posthumously awarded the medal for his actions during the July 16, 2015 shooting that occurred at the Naval Reserve Center Chattanooga and left two other Marines and a sailor dead. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Niles Lee/Released)

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