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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

The police badge worn by Nicholas Smarr the day he was killed in the line of duty while serving as a police officer for the Americus Police Department, is displayed at the department in Americus, Ga., Dec. 7, 2018. Smarr and fellow officer Jody Smith were killed in action when responding to a call in Americus on Dec. 7, 2016; Smarr was also a Lance Cpl. in the Marine Corps Reserve. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Niles Lee)