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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Assisted by an Iraqi interpreter, Capt. Joseph Graves, a platoon commander with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, works with an Iraqi Police officer to defuse a public disturbance during a training exercise July 21, 2008. The exercise was designed to teach Marines to work with Iraqi Security Forces in preparation for their 2008-2009 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Although he served as a communications officer while on active duty, Graves had the opportunity to go infantry in the reserves.

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