KATHMANDU, Nepal— Lt Gen Hemanta Raj Kunwar, Chief of Staff, Nepali Army, addresses the audience during the Nepal Pacific Resilience Disaster Response Exercise and Exchange closing ceremony in Kathmandu, 28 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 earthquak


KATHMANDU, Nepal— Lt Gen Hemanta Raj Kunwar, Chief of Staff, Nepali Army, addresses the audience during the Nepal Pacific Resilience Disaster Response Exercise and Exchange closing ceremony in Kathmandu, 28 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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