By Sok Lak
U.S. airmen on August 9th commenced civil-military assistance activities in Koh Kong province in partnership with the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) security personnel, engineers, and media release from the Embassy here said: the week-long exercise, known as Operation Pacific Angel 11-1, is part of a series of joint humanitarian assistance partnerships conducted by Cambodian military units, local Non-Governmental Organization, and U.S. Pacific Air Force airmen.
It added: approximately 60 U.S. airmen from the North Carolina and Idaho National Guard units, Air Force Reserve Command, and the U.S. Pacific 13th Air Force, are teaming up with RCAF personnel and local Non-Governmental Organization to conduct medical outreach to approximately 4,000 people, an engineering civic assistance program to repair medical clinics and schools, and subject matter exchanges on health and airfield humanitarian relief operations.
“As part of this year’s Operation Pacific Angel, the United States and Cambodia are committed to an exchange of ideas and practices that will better our ability to respond together to humanitarian crisis,” U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia Carol A. Rodley said in the statement of the embassy. “The relationships that we will build and sustain through this exercise will ultimately help us preserve peace and stability in the region.”
Officially in its fourth year, Operation Pacific Angel supports U.S. Pacific Command’s capacity-building efforts by partnering with other governments in the Pacific to provide medical, dental, veterinary, and engineering assistance to their citizens.
“This will be exiting week and one that will benefit the people of Koh Kong province through medical treatment and renovations to medical clinics and schools in the province,” added Ambassador Rodley.
Since 2007, members of the U.S. military working in partnership with their RCAF counterparts have improved the lives of tens of thousands of Cambodian citizens through humanitarian assistance projects.
Source The Southeast Asia Weekly, August 14-20, 2011, Vol. 5, Issue 33, Page 9
No comments:
Post a Comment