U.S. Army Engineers lend construction, medical help on remote island in the Pacific. Amy Forsythe reports from the island nation of Palau.
Soldiers, based at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii, are on 6-month deployment to the Republic of Palau. The Civic Action Team, known as CAT, is providing medical outreach, community support and apprenticeship training as part of one of the Defense Department’s longest-standing missions.
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U.S. Army Engineers are on a small, tropical island in the Pacific. Not on vacation, but a deployment unlike any other. Amy Forsythe is on Palau with the story….
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That was the first of a three-part series featuring the Civic Action Team on deployment to Palau. Tomorrow, we’ll see how the team is getting their hands dirty with some construction projects.
| Date Taken: | 12.05.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 12.05.2016 01:27 |
| Category: | Newscasts |
| Audio ID: | 45680 |
| Filename: | 1612/DOD_103904807.mp3 |
| Length: | 00:01:12 |
| Year | 2016 |
| Genre | Blues |
| Location: | PW |
| Web Views: | 6 |
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