humanitarian assistance

US humanitarian aid for Honduras tops 6 million pounds with Denton Program

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SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras (AFNS) -- A KC-46A Pegasus from the 931st Air Refueling Wing, McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, delivered 12 pallets of cargo for the Denton Program at Soto Cano Air Base, May 8.

To Walk the Earth in Safety (2024)

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The Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM/WRA) has just unveiled the 2024 annual report, "To Walk the Earth in Safety."

This report showcases the impactful efforts of U.S. conventional weapons destruction programs in aiding communities affected by explosive remnants of war to recover and rebuild.

U.S. Donates Field Hospital to South Africa for COVID-19 Response

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By Army Lt. Col. Al Phillips , New York National Guard

The hospital was purchased by U.S. Africa Command through the command's Humanitarian Assistance Program, and transferred to South African officials by personnel from the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa.

Teamwork provides protective masks quickly

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By Tim Hoyle
DLA Disposition Services

ALBANY, Georgia, April 13, 2020 — Quick efforts by elements of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, the Defense Logistics Agency and U.S. Transportation Command moved 154,000 N95 masks from storage at Albany, Georgia, to make them available to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services or the military in their response to COVID-19.

Humanitarian assistance projects provide disaster relief in Nepal

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Story by John Budnik

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) recently completed two humanitarian assistance construction projects that are now providing critical support services to the population of Kathmandu, Nepal, in the wake of the deadly earthquakes that struck in April and May.