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 Capt. Olivia Cobiskey-Haftmann | U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa | 08.30.2018
U.S. Army Africa collaborates with its African partners to increase the ability of peacekeepers to protect civilians in an increasingly dangerous field environment meeting congressional, United Nations, and African Union mandates to protect civilians. “One of the measurements of success for peacekeepers lies with the effective protection of civilians,” U.S. Army Lt. Col. Marci T.......
Story by Capt. Olivia Cobiskey-Haftmann | U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa | 08.22.2018
The major theme of Wednesday’s panel discussion, “Women in Peacekeeping Operations,” at the Rwanda Military Academy centered on the notion that women in combat-related roles can make it easier for peacekeepers to reach women and children in conflict areas. “Women are looking at the specific needs of women,” said Maj. Ketty Chikwekwe, an operations officer in the Zambian Defence......
Story by Master Sgt. Cheresa D. Clark | Colorado National Guard | 04.08.2013
A simple blue kite punctuates the sky in Ash Shajarah, Jordan – a land of rolling hills pinstriped in olive groves and tree-lined streets. Just a few kilometers north, in Al Ramtha Governance, a man who has been shot by a sniper is carried into Jordan from across the Syrian border....
