On April 12, Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan hosted a ministerial meeting with ministers and disaster management officials from 18 Caribbean countries to launch a new disaster resilience initiative, the U.S.-Caribbean Resilience Partnership, at the U.S. Southern Command headquarters in Miami, Florida. The event reinforces the close ties between the United States and the Caribbean, and...
Exercise Palau 2019 is a U.S. Army security cooperation and humanitarian assistance exercise conducted by United States Army Pacific (USARPAC). The exercise is conducted at the company level focusing on building readiness, developing partner land force capabilities and humanitarian assistance. The purpose of the exercise is to simultaneously strengthen relationships while demonstrating the...
The Vigorous Warrior Exercise Series is organized by the NATO Military Medicine Centre of Excellence together with a different host nation each year. This year, approximately 45 Airmen from the 86th Medical Group, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, will join more than 2,500 total participants from 38 countries. Vigorous Warrior is a nationally-funded exercise that offers nations the ability to...
Advanced Naval Technologies Exercise 2019 took place at Point Loma and San Clemente Island. Photos, B-roll and interviews are available for viewing.
Cyber Shield is a major exercise involving National Guard Cyber Operations Soldiers and Airmen from 40 states and territories, as well as Army reserve trainers, state and federal government agencies, and over 50 industry partners. About 800 participants meet to train, exchange best practices and test their cyber mettle.
CMA's mission is to manage the Nation's stockpile of chemical weapons, assess and destroy chemical warfare materiel, comply with the Chemical Weapons Convention Treaty, and to protect people and the environment.
CMA maintains destruction technology and personnel expertise to destroy recovered chemical warfare materiel around the country in support of and in compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention.
CMA works closely in partnership with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, state and local governments to implement the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program, which educates, prepares and protects communities surrounding the stockpiles.
