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

 

PHOTO GALLERY
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Loaded down with weapons and ammunition, an Echo Company machine gun squad trudges through the morning heat toward Machine Gun Hill at Range 400 here to provide direct support for a platoon assault during a live-fire exercise July 1, 2008. The reserve company, headquartered in Harrisburg, Pa., is headed to Iraq in the fall with 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment.