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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Lance Cpl. Daniel Ledogar (right) directs his fire team into a courtyard to clear a house of insurgents during a training exercise at an urban warfare training facility here July 20, 2008. Reserve Marines from Company G, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment are conducting operations here in preparation for a fall deployment to Iraq.

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