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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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Task force Marines conduct certification exercise prior to Latin America deployment
Cpl. Lawson Barnes, left, a generator mechanic, and Cpl. Eliud Herrejon, right, a combat engineer with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command, inspect identification during a certification exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 23, 2020. The CERTEX is the culmination exercise that will test the training and readiness of the Marines and Sailors of the SPMAGTF-SC for certification to deploy. Once certified, the SPMAGTF-SC will be ready to conduct crisis response, theater security cooperation training and general engineering projects alongside partner nation militaries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Barnes is a native of Hillsboro, Oregon. Herrejon is a native of Portland, Oregon. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Benjamin D. Larsen)