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U.S. Pacific Command Blog: Personal Perspectives: A Deployment to Southern Philippines
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Thursday, May 13, 2010. Personal Perspectives: A Deployment to Southern Philippines. After assigned to Joint Special Operations Task Force-Philippines (JSOTF-P). For just one week, on Sept. 27, 2009 I found myself standing in the middle of a massive flooding fiasco in metro Manila, surrounding by thousands of desperate people, watching the city rescue units and the Armed Forces of the Philippines bring their loved ones safely out of the rising water. By the following morning, numerous media reports confi...
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U.S. Pacific Command Blog: May 2010
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Thursday, May 13, 2010. Personal Perspectives: A Deployment to Southern Philippines. After assigned to Joint Special Operations Task Force-Philippines (JSOTF-P). For just one week, on Sept. 27, 2009 I found myself standing in the middle of a massive flooding fiasco in metro Manila, surrounding by thousands of desperate people, watching the city rescue units and the Armed Forces of the Philippines bring their loved ones safely out of the rising water. By the following morning, numerous media reports confi...
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U.S. Pacific Command Blog: Cobra Gold, Lessons Learned on Disaster Relief
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010. Cobra Gold, Lessons Learned on Disaster Relief. In a DOD Bloggers Roundtable. On Feb. 2. Lt. Gen. Benjamin Mixon. Commander of U.S. Army Pacific. Discussed the importance of military exercise Cobra Gold. Cobra Gold is one of the best and most important exercises that we do as. It] highlights many of the activities that we do in the. Asia-Pacific region, a region that is extremely important to the United States,. Stability on its effect on the U.S. ". Lt Gen. Mixon added,.
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U.S. Pacific Command Blog: COE Hosts Global Pandemic Influenza Workshops
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Friday, February 26, 2010. COE Hosts Global Pandemic Influenza Workshops. From Feb. 24 to 26, initial workshops were held bringing together representatives from Asian-Pacific and African militaries. Workshop delegates were focused on putting together a planning guide for militaries and civilian planners in response to a possible influenza pandemic. The COE was established by the US Congress in 1994 to facilitate civil-military management in international disaster management and humanitarian assistance...
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U.S. Pacific Command Blog: October 2009
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Friday, October 30, 2009. Relationships a Common Theme during Chiefs of Defense Conference. Chiefs of Defense and/or their representatives from 23 nations discussed a broad range of common security challenges during the12th annual Chiefs of Defense Conference (CHOD) in Hawaii Oct. 26–29, but also took advantage of the time together to build on important relationships. Rear Adm. Jean-Louis Vichot, joint commander of French Armed Forces in French Polynesia echoed these sentiments when discussing French...
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U.S. Pacific Command Blog: U.S. and Laos Co-Host Multinational Pandemic Influenza Workshop
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Sunday, April 11, 2010. US and Laos Co-Host Multinational Pandemic Influenza Workshop. Bates added, "All the countries that were not able to attend [last year's] workshop have been invited to this one. Material from the [that] workshop, as well as additional lessons learned from last year's H1N1 outbreak are being covered.". The 2010 multi-event pandemic workshop series is the result of an inter-agency agreement between the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. De...The Center fo...
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U.S. Pacific Command Blog: February 2010
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Friday, February 26, 2010. COE Hosts Global Pandemic Influenza Workshops. From Feb. 24 to 26, initial workshops were held bringing together representatives from Asian-Pacific and African militaries. Workshop delegates were focused on putting together a planning guide for militaries and civilian planners in response to a possible influenza pandemic. The COE was established by the US Congress in 1994 to facilitate civil-military management in international disaster management and humanitarian assistance...
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U.S. Pacific Command Blog: August 2009
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Sunday, August 30, 2009. PACOM Embraces Partnerships for Energy Solutions. The state of Hawaii, in cooperation with the Defense Energy Support Center and U.S. Pacific Command will host a major conference, the Asia Pacific Clean Energy Summit and Expo. In Honolulu, Hawaii, Aug. 31 - Sept. 3, 2009. PACOM is providing speakers and panel members in support of the conference. In January 2009, PACOM formed a council to develop an Energy Partnership Strategy with the state of Hawaii, followed by an Energy Secur...
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U.S. Pacific Command Blog: January 2010
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Friday, January 29, 2010. Cobra Gold Brings Multiple Nations Together for Training. Exercise Cobra Gold (. In its 29th year, begins Monday, with service members from Indonesia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, and the U.S. as guests of host Thailand. Sponsored by PACOM and the Royal Thai Supreme Command, the three-week exercise includes a command post exercise, a series of medical and engineering civic action projects, and joint and combined field training. Follow USARPAC on Twitter. Who is leadi...
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U.S. Pacific Command Blog: November 2009
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Monday, November 30, 2009. US, Singapore to Begin Commando Sling Air Exercise Series this Week. The first of three phases of the annual Commando Sling air combat training exercise between the U.S. and Republic of Singapore air forces gets underway Dec. 2 in Singapore and wraps up Dec. 18. As noted in a 13th Air Force release. Military exercises are an important component of U.S. Pacific Command’s commitment to working with allies and friends to enhance stability in the Asia-Pacific region&#...A team of U...
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