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Erin Cooper, a woman, peace and policy analyst with the Secretary of Defense and deployed to Task Force-Holloman as a gender advisor, sits in on a women’s meeting at Aman Omid Village on Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, Oct. 7, 2021. 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 Afghans at suitable facilities, in permanent or temporary structures, as quickly as possible. This initiative provides Afghan personnel essential support at secure locations outside Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Skyler Combs)