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
Reserve Marines test their limits in exercise Nordic Frost 18
Pvt. Tyrel Smith, rifleman with Company C, 1st Battalion, 24th Marines, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, shoots an azimuth on his compass while dead reckoning during exercise Nordic Frost at Camp Ethan Allen Training Site in Jericho, Vt. Jan. 21, 2018. The exercise allowed Marines to demonstrate their ability to operate in a cold weather mountainous environment, conducting land navigation, marksmanship training, demolitions, call for fire training and other core competencies. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Samantha Schwoch/released)