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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Lance Cpl. Sean Burke, a Reserve Marine from Company E, 2/25, searches inside a stove for hidden explosive equipment during a training exercise here June 26, 2008. A select group of reserve Marines bound for Iraq came to the Joint Center of Excellence's Search and Tactical Site Exploitation course as part of their predeployment training. Burke put his junior year of college at Temple University on hold for his first deployment overseas.