Management Advisory: DoD Support for the Relocation of Afghan Nationals at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia (DODIG-2022-050)

What We Did:

The purpose of this memorandum is to provide the officials responsible for receiving, housing, supporting, and preparing Afghan evacuees for movement to their final resettlement location with the results from our site visit to Task Force (TF) Quantico at Marine Corps Base (MCB) Quantico, Virginia. The team visited TF Quantico from September 23 through 28, 2021.

We conducted the work on this project with integrity, objectivity, and independence, as required by the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency’s Quality Standards for Federal Offices of Inspector General. Our review of TF Quantico operations at MCB Quantico was conducted as part of the “Audit of DoD Support for the Relocation of Afghan Nationals (Project No. D2021-D000RJ-0154.000).”

What We Found:

The audit team visited MCB Quantico to review housing and other facilities, security, medical care, and costs associated with the effort. Despite having limited time to plan for this massive effort, TF Quantico personnel housed and sustained Afghan evacuees. However, TF Quantico personnel did experience challenges, such as ensuring accountability of Afghan evacuees and providing Afghan evacuees with all 13 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention required immunizations.

What We Recommend:

We are not making a recommendation to improve accountability procedures because TF Quantico ended OAW operations on December 22, 2021.