Story by Milton Mariani Rodriguez | Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation | 10.12.2021
WHINSEC's Center for Democracy and Human Rights team up with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Delegation and conducts seminar on International Humanitarian Law and Use of Force during situations of violence....
Story by Theanne Tangen | Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance | 09.23.2019
HONOLULU, Hawaii – Thirty-eight civilian and military health professionals representing 20 countries gathered for the 22nd annual Health Emergencies in Large Populations (H.E.L.P.) course at the Hale Koa Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii, Sept. 9-20....
Story by Master Sgt. Theanne Tangen | Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance | 02.15.2019
PHITSANULOK, Thailand – Experts from the Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance hosted a tabletop exercise to strengthen disaster response for the Indo-Pacific region during Exercise Cobra Gold Feb. 11-14....
Story by Master Sgt. Michel Sauret | 200th Military Police Command | 12.13.2018
The 200th Military Police Command – the U.S. Army’s premier specialists in detention operations – just completed one of its most significant training events of the year with the help of the International Committee of the Red Cross, at Fort Knox, Kentucky, Dec. 1, 2018....
Story by Capt. Jason Welch | U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa | 02.02.2018
Military planners from the United States, Uganda, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom converged here Jan. 29 to Feb. 2 to continue the planning and preparation for the second annual U.S. Army Africa-led exercise Justified Accord 2018, scheduled to take place in June....
Story by Katryn McCalment | Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance | 12.08.2017
The first Health and Humanitarian Action in Emergencies (HHAE) course concluded Dec. 8 with a closing ceremony in Cairns, Australia. Hosted at James Cook University’s (JCU) College of Public Health, Medical & Veterinary Sciences, the two-week HHAE course was developed by the Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (CFE-DM) in partnership with the......
Story by Katryn McCalment | Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance | 07.21.2017
Under the Hawaiian sun, four teams use plastic tarps, ropes and bamboo poles to build makeshift shelters between palm trees. With Waikiki Beach yards behind them and the tarps haphazardly secured to trees, the group of nearly 40 moves on to purifying buckets of water with chlorine bleach....
Story by Staff Sgt. Lance Pounds | U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa | 03.25.2017
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Nearly 100 participants from eight nations and seven international organizations gathered for the U.S. Army Africa-led exercise Justified Accord 17 at the Peace Support Training Center in Addis Ababa March 20-24, 2017. “We look forward to working with you – learning with you and from you,” said Brig. Gen. Jon Jensen, USARAF deputy commander, during his......
