Participants listen to remarks during the opening ceremony of the 2017 – China Disaster Management Exchange at Camp Rilea, Ore., Nov. 16. The annual United States Army Pacific (USARPAC) Security Cooperation event with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is an opportunity to share lessons learned in order to increase capacity to respond to natural disasters in the Pacific region. Participants in this year’s event included Army Pacific, the 8th Theater Sustainment Command, the Oregon National Guard, the Coast Guard Sector Columbia River, the Center for Excellence in Disaster Managem


Participants listen to remarks during the opening ceremony of the 2017 – China Disaster Management Exchange at Camp Rilea, Ore., Nov. 16. The annual United States Army Pacific (USARPAC) Security Cooperation event with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is an opportunity to share lessons learned in order to increase capacity to respond to natural disasters in the Pacific region. Participants in this year’s event included Army Pacific, the 8th Theater Sustainment Command, the Oregon National Guard, the Coast Guard Sector Columbia River, the Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance, the Army Corps of Engineers Northwestern Division, the Army Corps of Engineers Portland District, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and the Pacific Disaster Center, an applied research center managed by the University of Hawaii. ( Air Force photo by Nathan H. Barbour)


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