An Afghan evacuee wears a 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) unit patch during a community council meeting with Task Force McCoy leadership at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Nov. 3, 2021. The community council is made up of Afghan evacuee block leaders who meet with Task Force McCoy leadership weekly to ask questions and discuss programs offered to the Afghan personnel here. 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 evacuees essential support at secure locations outside Afghanistan. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Caitlin Wilkins, 50th Public Affairs Detachment)
211103-A-HE018-1036.JPG Photo By: Pfc. Caitlin Wilkins

FORT MCCOY, Wisc. - An Afghan evacuee wears a 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) unit patch during a community council meeting with Task Force McCoy leadership at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Nov. 3, 2021. The community council is made up of Afghan evacuee block leaders who meet with Task Force McCoy leadership weekly to ask questions and discuss programs offered to the Afghan personnel here. 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 evacuees essential support at secure locations outside Afghanistan. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Caitlin Wilkins, 50th Public Affairs Detachment)


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