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

 

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Pfc. Mario Zamora, a Reserve Marine with Weapons Company, 2/25, provides security for his mobile assault team in “Wadi Al Sahara,” an urban training facility at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif. on July 18, 2008. Weapons Company was assigned as the quick reactionary force for the battalion during the pre-deployment training exercise. The unit is bound for Iraq in the fall.

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