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
My unit is going away... Now what?
Pfc. Patrick Christensen, a rifleman with Company D, Anti-Terrorism Battalion, 4th Marine Division, attends a briefing about career options available to him after his infantry company is transformed into a military police company in Billings, Mont., Oct. 20, 2012. Christensen, a Great Falls, Mont., native plans on applying to become a military policeman and continuing to serve in the Reserves.