Closing ceremony video from the 2017 U.S. - CHina DME closing ceremony.
The 13th annual U.S.-China Disaster Management Exchange, hosted by U.S. Army Pacific, allows for hands-on and side-by-side interaction between United States Army and the People's Liberation Army (PLA) on Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HA/DR) operations and enables sharing of lessons learned.
The 2017 exchange focuses on a notional flooding scenario in which both armies are requested to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to a third affected state as part of a Multinational Coordination Center (MNCC).
Starting in 2005, the DME has been held at locations in Hawaii, Washington, D.C., New York, Washington and multiple areas in China. The DME has also matured from basic visits and briefings into a substantive exchange that uses table top and practical field exchanges to focus and facilitate interaction and develop the capacity to de-conflict HA/DR operations between the U.S. Army and the PLA.
In addition to providing a learning opportunity for the U.S. and PLA Army participants, this year the DME included military and government observers from Bangladesh, Canada, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore and the People's Republic of China.
U.S. participants include U.S. Army Pacific, the 8th Theater Sustainment Command, the Oregon National Guard, the United States Military Academy (USMA), the 351st Civil Affairs Command, the 13th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion (CSSB), the 571st Sapper Company, the U.S Coast Guard Sector Columbia River, the Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Northwestern Division, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Portland District, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and the Pacific Disaster Center, an applied research center managed by the University of Hawaii.
(U.S. Army video by Capt. John. D Howard, containing video and photos by Capt. Aaron Shattuck, Sgt. 1st Class April Davis, Sgt. Tyler Meister, Spc. Alisha Grezlik, Senior Airman. Dhruv K. Gopinath, and Airman 1st Class Nathan H. Barbour)
| Date Taken: | 11.19.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 11.22.2017 19:23 |
| Category: | Package |
| Video ID: | 568064 |
| VIRIN: | 171119-A-QS944-001 |
| Filename: | DOD_105105092 |
| Length: | 00:01:29 |
| Location: | CAMP RILEA, OREGON, US |
| Downloads: | 11 |
| High-Res. Downloads: | 11 |
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