2018 Nepal Pacific Resilience Disaster Response Exercise and Exchange [Image 3 of 5]

KATHMANDU, NEPAL

09.25.2018

Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Corey Ray 

U.S. Army Pacific Public Affairs Office

KATHMANDU, Nepal— (From right to left) Raj Kumar Kshetri, Director of the Tribhuvan International Airport; Brig. Gen. Gokul Bhandari, Director of Nepali Army Directorate of Public Relations; Brig. Gen. Jeet Gurung, Director of the Directorate of Disaster Management, Nepali Army; COL Dexter Caston, U.S. Army Pacific exercise representative assigned to U.S. Indo-Pacific Command; and MAJ Jonathan Swoyer, Office of Defense Coordination, U.S. Embassy—Nepal, brief media personal and answer questions during a press conference following the opening ceremony for the 2018 Nepal Pacific Resilience Disaster Response Exercise and Exchange, 26 Sep. 2018 in Kathmandu. The exercise is co-hosted by the Nepali Army and the United States Army Pacific with more than 300 disaster response professionals from 14 countries attending. During the four-day exercise, participants from national militaries, government organizations, the United Nations and non-government entities are split into teams according to expertise to work through a common earthquake scenario while sharing knowledge, testing common operating procedures and making recommendations to improve future disaster planning and response procedures. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Corey Ray)

• Date Taken: 09.25.2018
• Date Posted: 09.26.2018 07:18
• Photo ID: 4775374
• VIRIN: 180925-A-CG868-003
• Resolution: 3648x2432
• Size: 5.3 MB
• Location: KATHMANDU, NP