An 82nd Security Forces Squadron patrolman leads a caravan of Team Sheppard deployers out the Missile Road Gate at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 30, 2021. The Department of Defense, through Northern Command, and in support of the Department of Homeland Security, is providing transportation, temporary housing, medical screening, and general support for up to 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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