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Operation Allies Welcome

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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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SPMAGTF-CR-AF 19.1 prepare medical tent for African Lion 2019
U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Christine DeForest, an emergency medicine physician with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 19.1, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, directs Staff Sgt. Bryant Beasley, a gun chief with 1st Battalion, 148th Field Artillery Regiment, 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team, Idaho Army National Guard, and Sgt. 1st Class Donald Robertson, a platoon sergeant with 1-148th FAR, where to put a can in a medical tent during exercise African Lion 2019, in Tan Tan, Morocco, March 25, 2019. African Lion is an annual, multinational, joint-force exercise designed to improve interoperability and mutual understanding of each nation’s tactics, techniques and procedures while demonstrating a strong partnership between nation’s militaries. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tessa D. Watts)