KATHMANDU, Nepal— Indo-Pacific Command advisors brief ongoing airport disaster management response procedures at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, during the 2018 Nepal Pacific Resilience Disaster Response Exercise 27 Sep. 2018. The exercise was co-hosted by the Nepali Army and the United States Army Pacific with more than 300 disaster response professionals from 14 countries attending. During the four-day exercise, participants from national militaries, government organizations, the United Nations and non-government entities were split into teams according to expertise


KATHMANDU, Nepal— Indo-Pacific Command advisors brief ongoing airport disaster management response procedures at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, during the 2018 Nepal Pacific Resilience Disaster Response Exercise 27 Sep. 2018. The exercise was co-hosted by the Nepali Army and the United States Army Pacific with more than 300 disaster response professionals from 14 countries attending. During the four-day exercise, participants from national militaries, government organizations, the United Nations and non-government entities were split into teams according to expertise to work through a common earthquake scenario while sharing knowledge, testing common operating procedures and making recommendations to improve future disaster planning and response procedures.


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