Tag Archives: humanitarian

Scientific Research Benefits Cambodia

Posted on October 1, 2012 by glenn.selby

One of the best things about being an Ambassador at an active embassy – like we have in Phnom Penh – is that we are always implementing many projects that benefit Cambodia.
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Posted in DoD News, Medical Monday | Tagged (NAMRU-2), BUMED, Corpsman, Defense, DoD, health, hospital, humanitarian, Marine Corps, medical, military, mission, Naval Medical Research Center, Naval Medical Research Unit-2, Navy, Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Navy medicine, NMRC, U.S. Navy | Leave a comment

Africa Partnership Station: “Medical Matters”

Posted on August 30, 2012 by glenn.selby

From May to now inching into the first days of September, High Speed Vessel Swift (HSV 2) has been carving a path along the coast of Africa and it has now almost made it exactly one and a half times …
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Posted in DoD News | Tagged Africa, Africa Partnership Station, Africans, Armed Forces Liberia, health, High Speed Vessel Swift, HSV 2, humanitarian, MEDCAP, Medical Civic Action Program, medical team, Military Sealift Command-chartered High Speed Vessel Swift, Navy, sailors, wellness, West African countrie | Leave a comment

Aviation Battalion Supports Habitat for Humanity

Posted on June 5, 2012 by jtozer

Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment donated their time off to help with Habitat for Humanity in Anchorage, Alaska. Approximately 60 soldiers from 2-228th Avn. Bn.’s various companies worked at Habitat’s Oklahoma Commons Jobsite and ReStore Center business …
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Posted in DoD News | Tagged 2-228th Aviation Battalion, 2-228th Avn. Bn., 228th Aviation Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Alaska, Anchorage, annual training, aviation battalion, habitat for humanity, Habitat's Oklahoma Build, Habitat’s Oklahoma Commons Jobsite and ReStore Center, helping, house, humanitarian, jber, oklahoma jobsite, restore, volunteer | Leave a comment

Tea Time: ANA Soldiers Deliver Food To Those In Need

Posted on May 31, 2012 by jtozer

This officers and soldiers of the 3rd Brigade of the 215th Corps of the Afghan National Army (ANA) delivered food and cooking oils to the people of Gereshk. Under the direction of Colonel Moneer a convoy from Camp Shorabak shortly …
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Posted in DoD News | Tagged Afghan National Army, Afghanistan, ANA, assistance, beans, chai, coalition forces, cooking oil, delivering food, food, health, healthy, helping people, humanitarian, people, rice, soldiers, sugar, wellness | Leave a comment

Episode #132: Weekly News Roundup for April 20, 2012

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Ian Graham

In “This Week in the DoD” for April 20: April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and the Department of Defense is highlighting its campaign to end sexual assault in the military. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta traveled to Brussels, Belgium, …
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Posted in DoD News | Tagged Afghanistan, aid, Barack Obama, Brussels, Cambodia, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Chicago, children, Congress, Department of Defense, DoD, families, family, General Martin Dempsey, hillary clinton, House Armed Services Committee, humanitarian, Indonesia, ISAF, JCS, kids, Leon Panetta, Leslie H. Sabo Jr., Medal of Honor, medical, military, MOH, NATO, Pacific Partnership, PP12, PP2102, president, Ring of Fire, SAAM, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of State, Sesame Street, Sesame Workshop, Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Syria, the Philippines, U.S. Navy, U.S.. Army, USNS Mercy, Vietnam | Leave a comment