Missions Show U.S. Commitment in Pacific, Latin America
Missions Show U.S. Commitment in Pacific, Latin America
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24, 2010 – As the U.S. military conducts disaster response operations in flood-stricken Pakistan, it’s also engaged in major humanitarian and civic assistance missions in the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean.
U.S. Pacific Fleet’s Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans, Policies and Requirements, Rear Adm. Thomas F. Carney listens to Navy Capt. Lisa M. Franchetti, commander of Pacific Partnership 2010, during a tour of the Nu Laran School engineering civic action program in Dili, Timor-Leste, on Aug. 19, 2010. Pacific Partnership 2010 is conducting the fifth in a series of annual humanitarian assistance and disaster relief endeavors throughout Southeast Asia, aimed at strengthening regional partnerships. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Jackson
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