By
Jennifer C. Tilos
DUMAGUETE CITY, Feb 28 (PIA)--About
80 US military and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) personnel and local
non-government organization representatives are scheduled to kick off
'Operation Pacific Angel 2013' on March 4 in Negros Oriental.
This humanitarian assistance mission will include medical, dental, optometry, and engineering programs as well as various subject-matter expert exchanges.
A press statement from the US Embassy said doctors and engineers from the AFP will work alongside their U.S. counterparts to provide medical, dental, optometry, and engineering assistance to citizens of the Philippines.
In 2012, more than 8,500 people in the Bicol province of Albay received free medical services and hundreds benefited the subject-matter expert exchanges, to include sessions on women's health, oral hygiene, and water sanitation, the release read.
In its sixth year, Operation Pacific Angel is a joint and combined humanitarian assistance exercise led by Pacific Air Forces.
The exercise is a capacity-building and experience-sharing effort hosted by U.S. Pacific Command and implemented jointly with other agencies and NGOs, and multilateral military in the Asia Pacific region to provide medical and engineering assistance to their citizens.
The experience gained through participation in this mission can be applied during future humanitarian assistance and disaster relief efforts.
Four additional Pacific Angel missions are scheduled for this year in the Asia Pacific region which include Indonesia on April 22 to 26; Yogyjakarta, Java Island; Vietnam on June 10 to 14; Quang Binh Province; Sri Lanka, August 5 to 10; Jaffna Province; and Cambodia on September 9 to 14 in the Ratanakiri area.
The statement said that since 2007, members of the U.S. military with military personnel of a number of Asia Pacific nations have worked together to improve the lives of tens of thousands of people through Operation Pacific Angel missions. (mbcn/JCT/PIA-Negros Oriental)
This humanitarian assistance mission will include medical, dental, optometry, and engineering programs as well as various subject-matter expert exchanges.
A press statement from the US Embassy said doctors and engineers from the AFP will work alongside their U.S. counterparts to provide medical, dental, optometry, and engineering assistance to citizens of the Philippines.
In 2012, more than 8,500 people in the Bicol province of Albay received free medical services and hundreds benefited the subject-matter expert exchanges, to include sessions on women's health, oral hygiene, and water sanitation, the release read.
In its sixth year, Operation Pacific Angel is a joint and combined humanitarian assistance exercise led by Pacific Air Forces.
The exercise is a capacity-building and experience-sharing effort hosted by U.S. Pacific Command and implemented jointly with other agencies and NGOs, and multilateral military in the Asia Pacific region to provide medical and engineering assistance to their citizens.
The experience gained through participation in this mission can be applied during future humanitarian assistance and disaster relief efforts.
Four additional Pacific Angel missions are scheduled for this year in the Asia Pacific region which include Indonesia on April 22 to 26; Yogyjakarta, Java Island; Vietnam on June 10 to 14; Quang Binh Province; Sri Lanka, August 5 to 10; Jaffna Province; and Cambodia on September 9 to 14 in the Ratanakiri area.
The statement said that since 2007, members of the U.S. military with military personnel of a number of Asia Pacific nations have worked together to improve the lives of tens of thousands of people through Operation Pacific Angel missions. (mbcn/JCT/PIA-Negros Oriental)