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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Supported by M1A1 Abrams tanks from 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, the infantrymen of 2nd Platoon, Company F, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, assault an enemy objective during a live-fire combined arms exercise Aug. 14 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif.

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