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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

End of Duty: a LCpl. Smarr Story

Americus police chief Mark Scott, stands outside the Nicholas Smarr and Jody Smith Memorial Building at Georgia Southwestern State University in Americus, Ga., Dec. 7, 2018. Smarr and Smith were both police officers in Americus who were killed in the line of duty on Dec. 7, 2016; Smarr was also a Lance Corporal in the Marine Corps Reserve. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Niles Lee)