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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

 

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Reserve Marine Maj. Todd Peppe (left), the 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment’s Headquarters and Service Company commander and camp commandant for Camp Korean Village, inspects the outer perimeter of the base during a security patrol with his company gunny Jan. 30, 2009. A communications officer by trade, Peppe served as the company communications officer and executive officer before assuming command and deploying in the fall of 2008. Peppe is now serving as a Peacetime-Wartime Support Team officer-in-charge in Quantico, Va.

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