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November 27, 2013
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Did you know the US Army conducts joint disaster training with the PLA?
MARINE CORPS TRAINING AREA-BELLOWS, Hawaii (Nov. 20, 2013) -- Soldiers from United States Army Pacific, Hawaii Army National Guard and Army Corps of Engineers along with representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency participated with the People's Liberation Army in a Disaster Management Exchange, Nov. 12 -14 at Marine Corps Training Area-Bellows, Hawaii.
The 2013 DME is a subject matter expert exchange focused on an international Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief operation.
The highlight of the DME was a Practical Field Exchange Nov. 14. There was also Expert Academic Discussions, based on an international humanitarian and disaster relief scenario calling for U.S. and Chinese military cooperation to provide assistance in a fictional third country...
..."After each practical field training event we stopped and discussed the procedures we used and why things were done a certain way. For every event we [U.S. and China] picked up something," said Maj. Bill Flynn, Hawaii National Guard, CBRNE Emergency Response Force Package...