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. Elias Gobble, a reconnaissance Marine with Ground Combat Element, Black Sea Rotational Force 12, surveys the landing site after disembarking a Polish amphibious tractor prior to securing a beachhead during Exercise BALTOPS 2012, June 4. The Marines and sailors of BSRF 12 joined Lithuanian infantry soldiers in the first amphibious landing on Lithuanian soil in 40 years.

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